Right after the long Easter weekend (from Thursday until Monday) Francis and I had the pleasure to go to Paris to see Erica & Marcelo who came “half way” to meet us and visit Paris. The main goal for the men was to run the Marathon on Sunday. Although it was physically tiring to run a marathon or support the runners in the cold and visit Paris in three days, this trip filled our batteries up and we came back very happy.
Two days ago a Norwegian friend showed me this very funny video. It will give you in 3 minutes a brief idea of the culture we are surrounded by. 
Thanks to a new temporary job, I have the pleasure to visit a bit of Norway. Yesterday I flew to Bodø a town in the northern part of Norway with 48’000 inhabitants (Link to Bodø on Wikipedia). It is 18 hours away from Oslo by train up north and 1.5 hours flying. In four months it’s the first time I leave Oslo area. It was a very nice sensation to take some distance from the little big city. When I arrived in Bodø, the small town was covered with snow and a minus two degree welcomed me. Already before the landing I could enjoy the beautiful landscape of the islands covered with snow. Bodø is also only three hours away from the Archipelago Lofoten Islands. Unfortunately I could not stay long enough to visit them but hopefully we will be able to go back soon!
We wish you all a Happy New Year 2012!
Here is a nice video of the Northern lights that shines upper north…
… is my sister Marie-Céline!
She just spent a week here. It was quite brave of her to come here when it is dark and cold. Even braver was that she is not the cocooning type so she would rarely stay sitting on Read more