Travel Dream. Dream Travel? In Your Dreams?

By Marina Aagaard, MFT If you can dream it, you can do it, says my husband, and no point in aiming too low either, he adds! As it is, he has overcome many seemingly impossible tasks just by believing it could be done, so he should know, what he is talking about. So be it: …

Saint Valentine’s Day Hug and Kiss: It is Healthy and a Bliss!

By Marina Aagaard, MFE Today is the day, when lovers express their love for each other, and a liturgical celebration instated around 495 AC; a day named after the Roman priest Valentine. Valentine, later Saint Valentine of Rome, continued – in spite of the laws against marriage of Christians – to marry soldaters; this unfortunately …

Activity Holiday: Skiing in Stöten in Sälen in Sweden

By Marina Aagaard, MFE. Photo: Henrik Elstrup (aka husband) First all that ski fitness, then the reward: A skiing trip, albeit a small one. Activity holidays are great and activity holidays with skiing are even better. Stöten, the northernmost part of the popular Swedish skiing area Sälen, boast “best skiing in Sälen”, when it comes to …

3 Excellent Exercises: For Ski Fitness or Slimming and Six-Pack

By Marina Aagaard, MFE On your way out of the door for a skiing holiday and have given up on getting in shape, because you think it is too late … or you are getting annoyed with your January fitness program, because your six-pack is nowhere in sight? Either way, these three super exercises are …

Have A Happy and Prosperous New Year 2014

Dear fitness, wellness and World interested blog follower and reader, To You and your loved ones from Me and the blog: A big warm Greeting with all my best wishes for a wonderful New Year. Have a festive evening and morning – and new year – filled with happiness and excitement about 2014. New Year's resolutions? Ease up …

A Hearty Christmas Greeting to You

Dear fitness, wellness and World interested blog follower and reader, The shortest blog post ever ... To You and your loved ones from Me and the blog: A big hearty Christmas greeting with all my best wishes for a peaceful and joyous Christmas full of love and happiness. Be thankful for all the Good Things in life – at …

Bitten By a Bad Bug? Walk Around the Block

By Marina Aagaard, MFE So it is that time of year ... summer holiday aka recovery period is long gone. It is getting cold and the cold is getting you (me). Or worse: You are bitten by a bad bug or caught by a feverish flu. A sorry scenario: Too sick to eat, sleep and …

Driving Home from Work in Norway: Super Sightseeing

By Marina Aagaard, MFE After work, a weekend workshop in Bergen, Norway, as there was no ferry leaving Bergen on that day, I opted for driving from Bergen to Langesund at the south coast in order to catch a ferry back to Hirtshals Denmark; almost a day of driving to catch a ferry ... and some sights for …

Cruise Fitness: Mission Impossible?

By Marina Aagaard, MFT On board a ship for most of the day for many days on end. On board a ship with a 100 yard buffet and restaurants with 4-5 course meals, morning, midday and evening. On board a ship with more than seven bars and two ice cream bars. Is it imposible to …

A Trip to Egaa for Me, A Trip to The Brocken for the Witches

By Marina Aagaard, MFEThe Christian holy day, Feast Day, of St John the Baptist, his birthday on June 24, in some countries is celebrated the night before, on the evening of June 23, St John's Eve, especially in the nordic countries, where the summer nights are beautifully bright (some say insomnia inducing).St John's Eve (Sankt Hans aften …