Turns out writing a blog takes more time than you think… It has been a busy year, and unfortunately, I didn’t keep my promise. But hey, new year, new chances right? So I will try to post more here this year. See it as my New Year’s resolution – even though it’s already March.
Let me start with the end of 2022. After a well-deserved holiday break in the Netherlands, I came back to Norway right after Christmas – and immediately had to work, burning off all those Christmas dinners. We were perhaps not so lucky with the weather, as it was around -15 degrees and some days with a cold wind as well. We were, however, lucky with the musk ox. There were two nice males hanging out together not that far into the mountains, and we found them on all four trips.
Just over a week later, I travelled back to the Netherlands, for work this time. For the first time, Dovre & Lesja Aktiv by Frich’s was represented at the Vakantiebeurs! The Vakantiebeurs is the largest tourism- and leisure fair in the Netherlands, and is held in Utrecht. Quite the adjustment going from 1 person/km2 to 3922/km2!
Of course, I wasn’t there alone, with me I had Musky the Mascot. He was my companion on the stand, and he was very popular; multiple visitors asked if they could buy him. Which I of course respectfully declined. ;)
This year’s edition had over 60 000 visitors. It was a lot of fun to participate, and hopefully we’ll see some of the visitors in Norway this summer. But five days of talking to tour operators, guests and colleagues left me with almost no voice on Sunday, so it was good going back home to Norway. :)
In the meantime, we’ve had some great safaris – more on that next time!