Foggy Oslo airport is foggy again

Got to speak here today & can confirm it was pretty awesome. More tomorrow!

In today's news in Norway: local man investigated for operating a guerilla ski lift on a glacier

Why on earth would Adobe Acrobat need access to GPS to determine my location? And if I knew the reason, why on earth would I voluntarily give it access to my location?

I live with someone who thinks that cashmere comes from the cashmere animal. She will be hearing about this forever

The latest iOS update made my phone look like the interfaces we were drawing in 2011. Also broke the weather app's geolocation, apparently. That's so far after one day...

They continue the tradition of getting ships stuck in inconvenient places here in Norway, and now try to share the joy with the neighbours in Sweden as well www.nrk.no/ostfold/nors...

A nice and warm autumn day got me clocking 18 km and about 900m of vert in the small peaks behind Sandnes. A few bruises, as things become more wet and slippery around here with the changing season

Well well, Rattus Norvegicus exists here in Norway too. I guess that's why they like to keep cats around here

It's the season of ninja rain showers that don't show up on the radar, appear from nowhere, and give you a cold shower at the furthest point from home on the running route

Took a walk around the regular running route around our nearby lake, and storm Amy had indeed knowcked over some pretty big trees the other night. Seems like no houses were hit, though

Storm Amy passed by last night without waking me up, but my wife was awake and rated it quite impressive

Norwegian military is providing top-tier training: the news cycle over the last 24h has been a group of 5 conscripts on an escape and evade exercise disappearing in the wilderness and leading to a full-on SAR effort to be launched. Now they were found safe, or as I like to think, chose to reappear

Good to have quality content back in rotation with new episodes of Fifty+ Winter is coming! youtu.be/IXgsTUiq0vk?...

Someone told me it's National Apple Day today in Norway, and I can't be sure if that's for real or if it's a prank they like to pull on unsuspecting foreigners like me here

Looking forward to the field dispatches!

So, what should one know about Athens before going there?

The bane of all construction workers, mailmen and general visitors to our house is old Kjerstin who lives on the 6th floor. She's living the life chain-smoking on her balcony, and is an irrepressible talker, comedian and flirt. We who know just smile and wave, those who don't end up stuck

Become a better teammate with one simple trick: ❌ don't bring your ego ✅ bring manchego

Sometimes I get lucky with #travle #1012 +0 (🎌) (Perfect) ✅✅✅✅✅ travle.earth

The rain graph is flatlining today. Unfortunately on the side of rain

Dear international airline: if you feel you need to invite frequent flyers to a webinar to explain how your upgrade system works, I would suggest maybe your upgrade system is designed to be a bit too complex

Today in doors with anti-social behaviour: threats of violence

According to Youtube headlines today I've been lied to about quite a few things I have a very passing interest in #clickbait

Another day of nature showing me who's boss, and giving me a proper ass-kicking for trying a new route that looked good on the map. Cut the day short and retreated when I realised I would have had a 13-hour day on my hands, and only did 7. Nice waterfall, though

Last night's landing

So, based on admittedly a brief observation of only one evening, it seems to be, if not illegal, at least socially unaccepted to build anything out of other materials than gray stone or gray concrete in Aberdeen

Got to Aberdeen with half of @layovers.to ep 150 done. I think the hosts Paul and Alex would appreciate the numbering of the local airport bus: 727

Going to cross the North Sea to Scotland to raid some monasteries / go to visit a trade fair, as people here in Norway have done for millennia

OK, time to take stock of the summer: #Japan was nice, too hot, and while mainly a family visit (death, marriage and birth in wife's family, but not for the same individual) there was some time over to roam around a bit with the camera. Yokohama, Asahikawa and Inuyama

Feels like I've got a second jetlag with a one-week delay just after clearing out the first one

In this hotel no move, nor leftover scrambled egg, goes unnoticed by the surveilance trio

Back at it, transiting through CPH. I'm pretty sure we boarded the Helsinki flight as planned, but the cabin crew just made an announcement mentioning Amsterdam. Both work for me, TBH

Sure didn't break any records on the evening run today, what with a three-week break of mostly food and drink in Japan, but sure feels good to move in a climate that doesn't instantly turn you into a sweat-puddle

Back in in fresh, breezy +14C Norway after all the August heat in Japan. Keeps you awake despite the jetlag

Flying out of Tokyo while listening to @layovers.to ep 149 on Tokyo

Time to start the trek back to the Nordics, but living out of a suitcase doesn't stop here:doing laundry in Norway over the weekend and then off to Finland for a week

We walked through the Shibuya scramble crossing, but my wife vetoed a cringy tourist selfie

The Shinkansen on-board experience is superb, and even better when you bring own food & drink. The Nagoya station waiting room experience is a bit of a sh**show, however

Nice of the people over on the other bank in Gifu to arrange for this sunset display for us here in Aichi

Big up to the last lord of Inuyama castle for going with the "for relaxing times" pose in the ancestor gallery

Hyper-genki retiree staffing the local history museum gave us the hardest pitch today: "Oh, you haven't been to the castle yet? Hurry up and go there! The lines are really long and they close in two hours" Exactly why we came to the air-conditioned museum, ma'm

Popped by the local national treasure tea ceremony room

22 years ago I was backpacking through Japan and visited Inuyama castle. Today not entirely bad life choices have me staying in a new and highly instagrammable hotel right beneath it

Flying domestic in Japan is like joining a kindergarden trip, but one where everyone behaves and things happen on the minute

Looks like there is a bit of weather going on where we are headed today. Still, expecting these vibes youtu.be/4eJ0zuXIkwo

I've been promoted to be in charge of the weeding operation as part of the annual project to clean up mother-in-law's family grave in preparation for the upcoming obon visits

Furthest I've been: N: Kevo E: Asahidake W: Miami S: Singapore

May have lost my wife somewhere in the Aeon Mall, but I carry both the wifi and the car keys so I'm sure it won't be permanent

Less talked about Japan experiences: being rained in at the Uniqlo parking lot