Fever Rink – Curling-feber!

[Norsk under] Apparently, curling is the ultimate weirdo sport. Actually the whole thing sometimes resembles a family barbecue party from the 1980s. All sorts of strange characters of all hair-dos, ages, shapes and sizes appear – wearing matching track suites! There’s cousin Linda with her mullet, a turquoise sweater and a broom and there’s uncle [...]

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Petter blir doktor

Min gode barndomsvenn, eks-fotball-lagkamerat og klassekamerat i ni år, Petter S. Woll (som på bildet svinger seg i valsen med et uidentifisert kvinnemenneske ) ble i dag utnevnt til doktor i Minneapolis. Foran et ekspertpanel og mange tilhørere forsvarte han sin fire-femårige doktorgrad som omhandler blodstamceller til, i overført betydning, stående applaus og stormende jubel. [...]

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Kim celebrates

Kim celebated her first Minneapolis birthday today! Lots of coffee and cake and a good time with Jen, Catie, Eric , Erika, Eric and Meghan.

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A crisp morning in Minneapolis

A perfectly crisp and beautiful morning in Minneaplis. It comes as a cost however. Apparantly, today Minnesota is the coldest place in the Northern hemisphere. Colder even than Siberia and Alaska. Not that bad in Minneapolis though at -23C/-10F… Wish we could say this is the view from our apartment. It’s not. It is taken [...]

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Our new nest – Vårt nye rede

Having survived the first 24 hours with our Malawian Chief chairs (and table) being the only furniture of our new apartment, things became a bit more orderly over the weekend. Thanks to IKEA we now have a couch, a coffee table, stools, lamps and a chest of drawers! Only some bookshelves and a dining table [...]

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