by Frank Tommy | Dec 29, 2025 | What's Happening
It’s the last few days of the year with a storm battering the coast of Nordland & Troms in North Norway. We did not have a white Christmas this year but the snow has now returned with the storm. Early yesterday morning I dropped off my brother Knut at... 
by Frank Tommy | Jul 1, 2025 | What's Happening
Sometimes things don’t go as you’ve planned. After a long and slow winter in Umeå, I definitely felt that I needed a bright and uplifting spring somewhere on the road. Maybe it has become a bit of a curse for me, but I seem most at peace when I’m chasing the horizon.... 
by Frank Tommy | Mar 14, 2025 | What's Happening
Not long after my last post winter arrived in Västerbotten, the Swedish district we live in on the western side of the Gulf of Bothnia. This is the northern most arm of the Baltic sea, with Norrbotten further north on the Swedish side and with Österbotten on the... 
by Frank Tommy | Nov 5, 2024 | What's Happening
After I had arrived for the tail end of summer, it was with great anticipation that I finally again would have a taste of the Scandinavian autumn. As mentioned in the previous post, Bentley was introduced to Norwegian mountain terrain soon after arriving. In Norway... 
by Frank Tommy | Sep 5, 2024 | What's Happening
The title of this post is taken from an old Norwegian fairytale, from the collection of Asbjørnsen & Moe. It is a variant of other more ancient stories from across Eurasia. East of the sun and west of the moon is the place where the sun is eternally sinking in the...