Nordlys! Aurora Borealis! Northern lights! Βόρειο σέλας!

No matter how you call it, this phenomenon is AMAZING!!!

I feel so lucky to be in Norway these days!

The first time I experienced it it was in March 2010! Oh God! What an excitement!!

It was not so intense and fairly white but for me was a thrilling experience! I had seen thousands of photos, I had read about it, I had watched documentaries and I had spend three winter months in Norway being extremely unlucky on this, before that night! I was hanging half outside my window (I have the best view over the city and the sea and the sky), calling my family and broadcasting what was going on (!!), freezing to death for hours. When I got extremely tired, still I didn't want to miss a moment from the miracle, so I moved my dinner table next to the window, I took my blanket and I laid there to sleep. Well, if one can actually call it sleep because I was falling asleep and waking up, taking a glance outside, feeling the happiness running in my veins, falling again asleep with a big big smile... 

Since then I've seen the northern lights six more times. I can't help it! I'm extremely enthusiastic every single time! It's because of its outerspace and unexpected nature contrary to my earthy qualities, it's because it reveals me the size of the universe and how small my problems are, because it reminds me that dreams come true, that every single moment can be a happy one if you add a dose of excitement, a dose of beauty!

Last week and tonight we were blessed with the most vivid and intense Auroras than all the previous times! Even in the city you could see the fantastic green shapes and with good cameras my friends managed to capture even the purple and red colours! I tried to take some pictures with my new camera too. They are not so good but I love them! I do so because I wasn't able to take this kind of photos with my old camera and I had been waiting quite some time until I buy a new camera but far more importantly because I captured a boring evening which turned to be exciting and challenging (I have a long long road ahead for a good photo) and fulfilling!

Let's say I captured happiness, in its green particle state!!

Trondheim Calling

Music! Music! Music!

Music is my thing! Not in an apparent way. I'm not the person who would start speaking for groups and details and the rest... No, definitely not and let's blame for this my short memory, but music is very important in a very blended way in my everyday life.

Simply say that most of my memories have a soundtrack! ;D 

Unfortunately, I was very lazy to study music properly but I cannot live without it! I have a natural craving of listening to new groups, kinds and experience music in its full! The first thing I always do when I return home is to put some music. I love Spotify exactly because it feeds this need! You do a random search and boom! so many miracles, so many different songs, artists, styles! I can spend hours and hours just checking songs and names! 

Nothing compares though with concerts!!! Oh God! All this energy, all this emotion! Amazing!

Before coming here the only norwegian group I knew was Madrugada and Tom Waits (his origin is norwegian but I doubt that anyone else would consider his music as norwegian). Well, Madrugada is a very special case! They are extremely popular in Greece.  So no surprise that my first concert here was theirs in Studentersamfundet back in 2008.

After my comeback to my wonderland I was introduced to the music of Susanne Sundfør, this introvert girl with the sensitive voice soon became my favourite. Then Benhorf, Ida Jenshus, Postgirobygget (yes, in solskinnsdag ;P), Vamp, Age Aleksandersen, The Kids and yes, I was off to explore norwegian music! Well I suppose it is very proper to have a local soundtrack for the memories of a place!

Rockheim in a very interactive way filled me with more information than I could get but thank God there is always their website. One can find there an extended database of the past generations of norwegian music in general and not only rock. Trondheim Calling, which took place the last two days, gave me excellent material for the newcomer artists from the area I live! Hoist, I Love Wynona and Blood On Wheels are worth be mentioned here!!! 

My next stops in this music trip is Razika and Kaizer's Orchestra concerts in February! Gleder meg!!! : D  : D

Long time no see

Yes, I've forgotten completely my blog!
Can a person forget her blog?
Oh, well!
If you have one million notebooks to write down your thoughts, you do!
Two years later, I come up with the same idea! To write down my experiences in this beautiful place, to decode the Norwegian habits and ways in a way which allows feedback, and then it hit me! I started this project just a few months after my arrival!! : D
Typical recycling process in my head!!