Tag Archives: Norway

Visiting the Doctor’s Office Reveals Life with Universal Healthcare

Posted on by January 30, 2012

Here I am waiting at the doctor’s office in Norway. I’m one of those people who gets sick on vacation a lot. In Bermuda, I plied myself with enough alcohol to keep the germs at bay.

This time, I wasn’t so lucky. I’ll spare you the goopy details, but put it like this: I have an “upper respiratory infection.”

Anyway, I’m here in this quiet doctor’s office. There’s no music, no television in the waiting room. That’s the thing about public places in Norway, they’re … Read more ...

Moms Hit Target stores for National Nurse-In

Posted on by December 29, 2011

Across the U.S. many mothers headed to Target to nurse their babes in a flash mommy mob to support breastfeeding in public.

It all stemmed from a Texas mom who says Target store employees humiliated her for nursing her baby in the store. This is one of many such protests against what many call “restrictive corporate policies” outlining what nursing moms can or cannot do in stores or restaurants.

A Target official has since said the store supports breastfeeding moms and apologized for any inconvenience … Read more ...

The Long Flight To Norway: Have Kids. Will Travel.

Posted on by December 24, 2011

So we made it. All 10 hours and 3 minutes on a plane. Covering 4,691 miles. Or as they would say here, 7,549 kilometers.

We are in Norway. For those who missed it, my husband’s Norwegian. This year we’re spending Christmas with his family, most of whom live in the land of the Vikings.

Packing for this trip was quite the feat. Since we’re going to be gone for awhile, I wanted to pack for five days and then just do the laundry to recycle. … Read more ...

Lesbian Couple Saves Dozens in Norway Massacre

Posted on by August 2, 2011

Hege Dalen and her wife Toril Hansen were having a quiet meal near the shores of Norway’s Lake Tyrifjorden. Then came the gunfire. And the “awful screaming.”

Across the lake was Utoyan Island, where Anders Breivik was slaughtering young campers. Authorities said Breivik gunned down more than 100 people attending the Labour party camp.

“We were eating,” Dalen told the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sannomat. “Then shooting and then the awful screaming. We saw how the young people ran in panic into the lake.”

The … Read more ...