Christmas musings from the Desperate Expat Wife – to kiss or not to kiss and can we really have champagne with the porridge? In Norway, friends greet each other with a good ol’ bear hug. But when we went to a Christmas get together with Norwegian friends here in Luxembourg the other day, there was […]
A Cinderella story unlike any other
26/11/2013 by Leave a Comment
Just another Tuesday, with snow in the air. But for a young lady named Lisa, this November Tuesday is anything but ordinary. This is the day her wish will come true. Lisa is the fourth wish child of Make-A-Wish ®Luxembourg, an organisation granting the wishes of children with life threatening conditions. Esch-sur-Alzette, 11.00: A stretched […]
Where everybody knows your name
19/11/2013 by Leave a Comment
Many of us love to meet for a cup of coffee and a chat, or bring our book and enjoy the background buzz of a nice, warm café. We live in a café society. In the brand new book Café Society, sociology professors Tjora and Scambler present research on café culture. They feel the café […]
Netpats
10/11/2013 by Leave a Comment
Expat Dictionary, word of the month: Netpat noun /net’pæt/: an expat communicating with fellow expats and/or seeking support, advice and possibilities linked to expat life on the Internet. Please note that the explanation says nothing about desperate expats, wives or others, quite simply because the word has nothing to do with being desperate. Not as long […]
Women who inspire women
09/10/2013 by Leave a Comment
CLEW asks women worth noticing in Luxembourg to choose a woman in public life who is an inspiration to them – in their work, in their life. Anna Loporcaro chooses Andrée Putman
The secrets of a pipe organ
28/09/2013 by Leave a Comment
Restoring the pipe organ of the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway, turned out to be quite a time travel. Öttingen, Bavaria, Germany. January 8, 1930. August Sieber is an organ builder for G. F. Steinmeyer. A huge pipe organ is almost ready to be shipped by railroad to Norway, where it will be the pride of […]
September Song
27/09/2013 by Leave a Comment
Oh, it’s a long, long while from May to December But the days grow short when you reach September… All of a sudden the green anticipation of May seems long gone, and the days have indeed grown short. Still, I had planned to claim that September is always nice in Luxembourg, but realise I have […]
Wider shades of home
22/08/2013 by Leave a Comment
Each summer, when I go home to my native Norway, I see it in different shades. Always a wider shade of beauty, sometimes a narrower shade of mind. Summer shades, seen from the outside and the seaside… …of little islands pleasantly dotting the archipelago… of hard, naked, sloping rocks washed smilingly smooth and soft by […]
Reggae’s not for runners
12/08/2013 by Leave a Comment
Do you walk or run listening to music? Then don’t pick reggae or jazz – at least not if you want to walk or run faster. Instead, try speeding up to music you don’t really like. This may seem like an odd piece of advice, but a survey done by Belgian researchers, published in the scientific […]
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