Yep, that’s exactly what he said to me, but I think he meant it in the nicest possible way. I was standing before Andreas, a tall, skinny twenty-something Swede working at Camp Tamok in Norway, about an hour and a half drive from Tromso. Andreas was tasked with helping us dress out for our snowmobiling…

If you have ever been on a cruise, you know that it’s basically summer camp for grown-ups, or for those who fancy themselves to be grown-ups. This adventure in Norway is no exception, only it’s more like winter camp than summer camp. Everyone chooses shore excursions that interest them. Some days, we went one way…

  What fun it was to jump on that sleigh and race along frozen white trails with the dogs barking and leaping and straining on the lines. They seemed rather unruly, but when they were given commands, they took off with one goal: to follow the lead pair. There were ten dogs running two by…

We are just one month shy of two years since we were hurried off a cruise ship in Auckland and sent packing because of the nascent pandemic. Everyone was scared and bewildered. Now we are panic-weary and longing for a return to some sort of normalcy, which is why we are thrilled to be on…