Hi, my name is Heather and my family has moved abroad for the first time ever! We moved from Texas to Alaska in 2018 and now find ourselves moving across the world from the USA to Norway! Feel free to follow along on this crazy adventure we call life. You may find some helpful tips along the way while watching me wing it...
You can have your bills straight into your bank and just approve them there; there is no need for the KID and all that nonsense; it's all done and dusted.
Hi Heather! Thanks for your interesting content! It gives me a new perspective on things, since I come from Holland, and have been living in Norway for 12 years. You have noticed diffenrent things than me, haha! Also, makes me wonder how they pay bills in the US, why does that need to be so complicated?? Oh, and I think you have encountered summer-Norwegians, they are a complete diffent kind of people than winter-Norwegians, always happy and in for a chat. So please be prepared for the winter ones (You typically don't talk to your neighbors from october to april) 😜
The shops closing early is not just a Norwegian thing. It’s in many countries especially in Northern Europe. In southern Europe they often have siestas, closed for several hours in the middle of the day. Groceries and general shops close at 5pm on weekdays, supermarkets close normally at 11 pm on weekdays
Ah, yes. Vaulen. We had some college partis there..... More beautiful beaches are Hellestø, Orre, Bore, Brusand and Ogna. At Brusand there are still remnants of Hitler's Atlantic Wall, like "Hitler Teeth", designed to stop AFVs (tanks).... Had hoped for one on the "Gla'mat Festival", but alas. Last week of July there will a similar festival in the eastern part, just by Tou Scene....
I do not know but it is definitely something to look into. Not everyone is sensitive to it. And Norway seems to have longevity in the general population.
Believe me, the Stavanger area is mostly flat - but this being Norway, you do not have to go far to encounter one of the most impressive landscapes you will ever encounter: Prekestolen (the Pulpit Rock) is the end-all, be-all, except somewhere else in Norway you have the "Trolltunga" (the Troll-tongue), an even more impressive natural phenomenon. Best of all, wherever you go you will only meet lovely and friendly people - that will speak perfect English if needed!
Thanks for watching. I have been enjoying our time here and the impressive nature. English does get me by in most situations but I have been trying to learn Norwegian as well.
The thing is, that shops when all are open 24/7 don't really sell more as if they are only 10/6 open, but they have to have way more employees and they maybe need to work more hours, and in the end they will mostly get payed worse and the prices for the customers are higher. So in the end its worse for everyone because some people just can't plan their week to go grocery shopping on friday or saturday instead of sunday. Also .. americans always do as if they are sooo damned religious but they don't even know their bible even though they do as if they read it every day, else they wouldn't be always so "shocked" about all those "no work on sunday" rules _______________________________________________________________________________________________ "Exodus 35:2 Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death."
Every country has their issues… I have heard Norway is trying to remove all the religious Holidays because Norwegians do not use them for what they are intended for as well… I often swing by the REMA or Extra Sunday after church for a few items I may be missing or have forgotten during the week. Thanks for watching!
@@heatherabroad That would suck of course. I live in a state of germany that has the least religous holidays, and even since i'm an atheist i was (when i was still working) of course envious on the states that have more since less workdays are always welcome, as long as you are not an USAsian 😄
I relate to this a little but I have a non American accent I can't seem to place but I can carry somewhat decent convo but I have no idea how silly I sound to Norwegians lol
the tradition for the rice porridge (risgrøt) is also to save the leftover for desert , as rice cream (riskrem) with strawberry sauce , after christmas dinner. You take the porridge and wisk whole cream into it.
I grew up in uganda, and I used to take myself at school since I was 4. When I reached years old, I moved to another school that was 3/4 miles away. And this normal in uganda. Peace just started taking their kids to school recently, and most kids like going to school by themselves.
The bread is so good too! Once while I was there I bought fresh baked whole grain bread from a circle k, 10x better than anything in the states outside of a legit bakery 😂
As far as I know, we don't have that in Argentina. I mean, we have lots of sliced bread, but it's already packaged in that way. My only doubt is, why would you use a plastic bag AND a paper bag?
I think it is because it comes in the paper bag with the name of the bread type, so they know which bread to charge you for. The plastic is not already around the bread. It is something you can choose to use after it is sliced or just put it back into the paper bag without the plastic.
Because the paper bag has the barcode for scanning. The bread is in a paper bag from the bakery, but you don't want to store it in that or it will dry out in a matter of hours. I don't use this myself as I'm perfectly capable of slicing on my own, but I do replace the paper bag with a plastic one when I get home. I also cut them in half and freeze them. I like to keep them as fresh as possible and I need 2-3 days at least to eat half. It would probably either go bad or not taste good if I left a whole bread on the counter before I could eat it all.
@@umizumi4272 no one is wearing gloves, so you don’t know if someone has been digging in their nose, just coughed in their hand, etc.… people are just picking up the bread. Therefore, when your bread comes out any germs will be on your bread. Additionally, it probably was a joke, but let’s say people just walked by and grabbed left over bread to eat… again germs….that’s not sanitary. Also, there’s old bread on the machine and on the floor. So for me personally it appears unsanitary and something I wouldn’t utilize.
Never used one. I don't eat much bread, but when I do, I like thick slices; what we in Stavanger call "Hillevågskjeva".... On the other side, I guess it's easier to freeze sliced bread, and you can use as many slices you need....
Takk! I had to speak Norwegian to a delivery person the other day, and was surprised that I was able to at least get by! I probably sounded funny, but I did it. 😆
Hi your content is really helpful, but I have a question as total cost you mentioend 5410 NOK and Olavs give me estimated cost approx 30000NOK as I am from India and I cannot convert my DL I ned to apply for new. So please clarify how you have managed in 5410kr only.
It is because I am from one of the 13 countries that does not require you to take the full course. However, the laws have since changed and everyone now has to take a written exam, where I did not have to before.
