A Nice Surprise
My last morning in Dresden was rainy, so I took an Uber from the Hostel to the train station. The Uber driver was very chatty (juuuuuust the way I love it… #not). Told me his whole life, about his Brazilian wife, everything. Nice guy. I…
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Dresden
I started writing this post while I was on my way to Copenhagen. But then I don’t know where the time went and here I am, trying to finish it 11 days later. By the way, I woke up that morning and checked my Instagram.…
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Prague days 2 and 3
Wednesday started with Damianne and me heading to a co-working space to meet with Jirka. It was the first time I tried WeWork. It works very similarly to FlexDay, only it has options all over the world and not just in Canada. You download the…
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From Prague with Love
I remember, back in 2016, sitting by the river Thames looking over the tower bridge in London and thinking about the people who live there, surrounded by all that history, all those monuments, and they don’t really care. It’s part of their day. It becomes…
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The Sound of Music
Austria was always a country I associated with several things that were often present in my life. The sound of music which I have watched so many times, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert due to my love for classical music. Freud, in a more generic way…
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Dream Job
During the month of January, I will be posting (tentatively) one post every day as part of the #bloganuary challengeToday’s Prompt: What was your dream job as a child? Hmmmmm! I’m not sure. I remember wanting to be an astronaut at some point. A doctor…
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Fun Week
During the month of January, I will be posting (tentatively) one post every day as part of the #bloganuary challenge Sorry, not going with the prompt today. I also figured out I mixed up the days/prompts, so I will skip it today and talk about…
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Fear of the dark
During the month of January, I will be posting (tentatively) one post every day as part of the #bloganuary challengeToday’s Prompt: What fear have you conquered? Nope, I was not afraid of the dark, not even as a kid. I was just listening to this…
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What is your preferred mode of travel?
During the month of January, I will be posting (tentatively) one post every day as part of the #bloganuary challengeToday’s Prompt: What is your preferred mode of travel? Let me start this post by saying I don’t do very well with “preferred”. I have a…
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Back to “Normal”
I swear I thought that being part of the #bloganuary challenge would be enough to get me into the habit of writing more here. But then, the whole Developer Apprenticeship thing happened and threw me off a bit. Mostly because I started another blog to…
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Repost: Automattic Women
It Me!! 😆 Welcome to Automattic Women—conversations with some of the remarkable women working all over the world to design and develop Automattic software and make the web a better place. Today’s interviewee, Developer Apprentice Rossana Menezes, chats with us from her traveling workstation somewhere…
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We can be superheroes…
During January, I will be posting (tentatively) one post every day as part of the #bloganuary challengeToday’s Prompt: What is a superpower you’d love to have? Oooooh, the nerd in me is jumping up and down with this prompt. We are talking superpowers as superheroes, right? Even…
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Godt nytt år
Happy New year, everyone! May 2022 bring good things, Wishing all of you a healthy new year filled with love and empathy! I’m just glad I got to spend the holidays in Norway with my family. I decided to join the WordPress Bloganuary Challenge and…
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When the magic started
Immigrating to another country is not easy. There are a lot of hoops to jump through, a lot of challenges to overcome. Doesn’t matter how prepared you are, how much you’ve planned, it takes a while for you to get on your feet, get a…
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One week Vacay in Tobermory
After being here for almost 12 years I finally went to Tobermory during the summer. This is the kind of place that’s too close to home to make me want to actually do the effort to plan a trip but not close enough to make…
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Carcassonne
My family was always a big fan of games. Board games, video games, pick your poison, we love it! I grew up used to having aunts and uncles, and my parent’s friends at our house on Saturdays for endless game nights, guitar playing and lots…
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Toulouse (ish) and the Cité de l’espace
I have been staring at the screen for the pats 10 minutes trying to decide what should be the title of this post 🙄 So, back to my backpacking trip last year, after I left from Andorra I went to Toulouse, but I basically slept…
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From the Pale Blue Dot
This story begins about almost nine months ago, on December 31st, 2019. I had a small group of friends over for the holiday, and at some point we started planning our 2020 trips. The year before (December 31st, 2018) we had talked about going to…
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Andorra La Vella
When I first started planning this trip I first made the decision to go to Barcelona, from Trondheim. And then, I made the mistake of opening Google Maps to see what was in the surroundings. Getting there from Barcelona I took the Alsa bus, which…
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Walking through the clouds in Montserrat
Ok, I think we have established by now that I am TERRIBLE on keeping this blog updated. Today is May 28th, 2020 and I’m still writing about my last trip that started on September last year. I have started writing this post a million times…
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Barcelona – Days 7 & 8
Day 7 was a quiet day. After working I just went to do laundry. And after a few days having appetizers for lunch (even though healthy ones) I was craving a big salad with real meat, so I decided to walk around for a bit…
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Barcelona – Days 4 to 6
So, since the following few days I was working part of the day and exploring the city after work, I got to see fewer places each day, so I will try to condense 3 days in one post! Day 4 The weather forecast for today…
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Barcelona – Day 3
Day 1 Day 1 in Barcelona was actually day 3 since I got here on the Saturday 19th, but didn’t actually do anything. Day 2 I went to Girona and Figueres, so it’s day 3 of the third part of the trip and day 42…
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Girona & Figueres – Day 2
So, with 49 days to go, the third part of my long trip has begun. After 9 days in a work conference in Orlando, about 4 weeks of the most amazing family time in Norway, the last bit is here – The solo trip. I…
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Around and about – Norway
I would like to start this post by saying that I have no idea for a title at the moment. The idea of naming the posts after Doctor Who episode names crossed my mind, but I’m not sure it would work since the name of…
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Day trip to Røros – Norway
So, after 8 days in Florida for a conference (post about that later) I have finally arrived in Norway where I will be staying for 4 weeks visiting family. And while I will be staying at my sister’s place and there’s nothing touristy left to…
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Here We Go Again – Packing for a long trip
And another journey is about to start. The longest trip of my life so far. I’m leaving today and will be away from home for 3 whole months. 😱 The challenge? Pack everything you need to spend three months away into one single backpack! 😅…
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Ooops, where’s my luggage?
I feel very lucky to be able to hop on a plane (or a car, bus, train… you got the idea) whenever I want to. One of the perks of working remotely. It’s a feeling I’m not able to describe, especially when you have been…
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