hornsjo

Hornsjo, a Small Alpine Village

They met me at the Lillehammer railway station at night and drove to the place – a small village in the mountains behind the boom. A few summer barns and one hotel – that’s Hornsjo, a small alpine village above Lillehammer in Norway.

The road was about to be closed due to the snowstorm and we barely managed it with chains and stops for grabbing snow from the windscreen and lights.

 

Photo album

 

Driving to Hornsjo

Driving to Hornsjo

It is the right place for those looking for snow.

Hornsjo, Norway

Hornsjo, Norway

My volunteering was making a promotional movie for the Institute. Skiing, swimming, sauna and table tennis were in addition.

swimming pool

swimming pool

I won a big Teddy Bear in a local tennis tournament. I can smash the whole day missing either the table or the ball but the next day I hit both. So probably it was the next day. Now I carry this “key ring” with me.

Bear Bear

Bear Bear

Firstly, it’s my space keeper. I put my Bear Bear on the airplane on the seat next to mine and nobody asks to free it. Secondly, my Bear Bear always and everywhere has a special welcome and… me with him. Thirdly, it’s a light and worm pillow/blanket.

My Norway tale lasted for a month, then I moved to Sweden village, for another month.
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  STAYING LIKE A LOCAL

Lena Faber used to work as a journalist at a mainstream Russian newspaper, wrote books for a major publishing house, and directed her original concept on TV. In 2009, she moved to South Africa, taught at the university, took up running, and earned a silver medal at the World Masters Athletic Championship in California and, in the meantime, won an international photo contest with following up solo exhibition. In 2014 she "shut the door" and gone hiking the Appalachian Trail, cycling from Chicago to LA (US Route 66), from Maine to Florida, from London to Orkney, etc. Now in MidCoast, Maine.

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