A year in Scotland

Saturday, 28 December 2013

The great benefits of being a stay-at-home mum

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Before we moved to Scotland we decided I would stay at home this year to ease the transition to a new life in an English-speaking country. T...
Thursday, 19 December 2013

The benefits of renting a car

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Before we moved to Scotland, we decided to get a rental car instead of buying a car or bringing our own from Norway. We wanted a Volkswagen ...
Thursday, 21 November 2013

26 October: A quiet day in Lerwick

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After breakfast we walked to the Clickminin Broch, which was a 15 minute walk from our apartment. Clickminin Broch A small farmhouse was...

25 October: Going North to Esha Ness, Yell and Unst

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Today we wanted to go as far north in Shetland as possible, so we had an early start and then headed North. This is actually what the signs ...
Tuesday, 5 November 2013

24 October: Jarlshof Prehistoric and Norse Settlement

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After a very slow morning, we drove to the southernmost tip of Mainland Shetland to see Jarlshof Prehistoric and Norse Settlement . I wa...

23 October: A tyrant and many heroes in Shetland

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As we left the ferry in Lerwick, we were welcomed in five different languages, including Norwegian. Please note that Norwegian is the second...
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Cecilie
I'm writing this blog for my family, friends and colleagues. The aim is to share some of the experiences from the year my family and I spend in Scotland. I plan to write about both our experiences from traveling and also some of my own reflections around the differences between Norway and Scotland. My main focus has been to describe the journeys we make and our typically Scottish encounters, using this as a way of updating those who might be interested in what we're doing here in Scotland.
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