A very honest business update. Around one year ago, in the beginning of April 2021, I started my activities as a one-person-company....

I’m not one for new years resolutions. I’m not one for resolutions and ‘fresh starts’ in general. Doesn’t really matter whether it is the...

I’m 30 years old today. I was born in Ghent, in Belgium, at 5 o’clock in the afternoon. This recent time, I have been in an energetic...

But not how you think. I have been in group therapy for maybe a year and a half or so. I became aware of all the different parts of...

Here are my 5 best tips for whale watching in Vesterålen! Whale watching comes in all shapes and sizes, just like whales come in all...

I stand ankle deep in the salty water. The sand under my feet is so fine and filled with small algae, that it feels like silk. Because...

In my previous blogpost, I mentioned that I took on a writing challenge from DailyOm this year. Yesterday I felt it was the right time to...

One of the biggest reasons we moved to Norway in July 2020, was to have more peace and quiet. That is why, next to the colossal task of...

Maybe this blog is also about being overwhelmed. Heck it is. Only 6 months after moving to Norway, we already took the next big step. We...

A few days ago, I walked into the forest. It was already dark. Or it was still dark. These days it’s hard to tell. It has been very...

The news that I was going to spend a few weeks in Northern Norway, in Vesterålen, came rather unexpected. It was something I had...

This summer, 2020, I embarked on another adventure. Perhaps the biggest one yet. I moved to Norway together with my husband Koen. We put...

Or how I dare to complain about my first world problems. This might be the most personal blog I have ever written. It is a more personal...

Inverness, Scotland, UK. It was one of those perfect mornings. The air still crisp from the night and the perfect light blue of the sky...

Dýrafjörður, Westfjords, Iceland. At this point in time I had been living here for almost half a year, in this remote part of Iceland and...

Þingeyri, Westfjords, Iceland. In May of the year 2018, I moved to a little village in the Westfjords of Iceland, Þingeyri. I ran away...

Þingeyri, Dýrafjörður, Westfjords, Iceland. “Ellen! Do you want to go on a boat?” I didn’t really have to think about that. “Run tot the...

Skálavík, Westfjords, Iceland. The earth was turning away slowly from the sun when we arrived on the desolated beach. We settled for the...

Þingeyri, Westfjords, Iceland. The colours behaved like a mist, so dense that they lingered in the air before organically making place...

Ísafjörður, Westfjords, Iceland. Monday August thirteenth 2018. I walked into the University Centre with an Icelandic vocabulary of...

Látrabjarg, Westfjords, Iceland. The evening hour made our walk up the hill almost solitary. Still, the sun stood high behind the clouds,...

Drangsnes, Steingrímsfjörður, Westfjords, Iceland. “You want to eat here?” Koen asked me. We had been strolling through the small village...

Kaldalon glacier lagoon, Westfjords, Iceland. “No, this one is too wide, let’s find another spot to cross!” I said to Koen while standing...

Álftafjörður, Westfjords, Iceland. We pulled up on the little parking lot, from where the hike to the Valagil Gorge started, less than 10...

Þingeyri, Dýrafjörður, Westfjords, Iceland. “Ok, so you grab the front of the saddle, put your left foot in the stirrup, bounce a couple...

Þingeyri, Dýrafjörður, Westfjords, Iceland. “I’m going to go for an evening walk, do you want to come with me?” I asked my friend Julia...

Alftavatn, Laugavegur Trail, Iceland. 23u35 “Ellen! Wake up! I think it started already!” Koen said while poking on my sleeping bag....

Seydisfjördur, Iceland. I woke up in complete darkness in a very disorienting room without a window. Koen switched on the light and...