Winter in Norway,

The skiing season has already started in Norway, with several ski resorts open for business already! Geilo, Hemsedal and Gaustablikk are all enjoying great snow conditions, so there's no reason to wait!

As the shadows begin to lengthen, a stiffening breeze has me reaching for my warm woollen hat. I gather myself for the final push to the valley far below

Join in an exiting emerald hunt, where yot get to keep any emeralds you find. Visit the souvenir shop, which sells hand-made emerald and stone products and much more. Situated by lake Mjøsa, close to Eidsvoll 1814. Sign-posted from the main road...

" I think it must have been in Brunlanes" wrote Herman Wildenvey from Paris with longing, " where they plough and harrow and sow, and burn straw so the smoke rises blue as a stream up to heaven and wafts away behind spring blue peaks." It must have