Backpacking Buddies and the Night the Sky Surprised Us in Norway
We weren’t supposed to see the Northern Lights. That’s how this story starts — four Indian friends, crammed into a modest rental car, navigating icy Norwegian roads somewhere between Tromsø and nothingness, chasing an adventure we couldn’t quite describe. Our backpacks were stuffed, our playlists were chaotic, and our expectations? Let’s just say they were […]
Three Generations, One Aurora: An Indian Family’s Memory in Norway
We’re not the kind of family that does the typical holidays. No Goa trips every December, no rushed hill station visits over long weekends. But there was one dream that lingered in our home for years — the Northern Lights. My father, a retired physics professor, had read about the aurora borealis since his IIT […]
Northern Lights Through a Child’s Eyes: A Family Story in Norway
Have you ever seen the sky dance? I did. And I’m only nine years old. It took place last winter when Mom and Dad surprised my little sister Mia and me with one of the best presents in the world — an actual adventure to witness the Northern Lights in a town named Tromsø, far […]