from march 2020 forward
I packed and repacked for weeks out of sheer excitement to get back to Norway for my March 2020 trip. I'd planned dogsledding, mountainside air-bnb's, northern lights excursions. Finessing Norwegian Air's luggage policies, I got my ENTIRE bag + personal item total weight to a little less than 8 pounds for the intended 10 day winter trip, bulky camera and tripod included. It was my masterpiece of packing. I was supposed to depart March 18 for Bergen, but after talking with my mom and watching the outbreak numbers tick up and up and up in Norway and more rapidly, the US, I finally decided to cancel the trip and unpack my bag. Manhattan's West Side, all but void of people. March 12, 2020 To be honest, I've never been afraid to go anywhere -- language barriers, cultural differences, and unusual customs are a big part of what makes travel so exciting to me, and experiencing those things is my main goal when I go somewhere new. It's thrilling to be in Spain al
