The Short Version of The Long Story

American girl meets Norwegian boy. They become friends. Boy buys girl a beer and then kisses her. Soon they're in love and even sooner they are separated by thousands of miles. While long-distance relationships are doomed to fail, this one wasn't. This one was different. Eventually they marry and the girl's life is moved to the boy's homeland. The language is different and so is the weather, but they're together and they're happy. This is their story, or more accurately, her story: Alyssa, married to Stian, trying to find "happily ever after" as an expatriate in Bergen, Norway.