As children of the 68 generation, Bente Thurmann-Nielsen and Tormod Skeie found a small mountain farm in Ryfylke and were going to make a living from it. They stayed, but he earned his living in a library, she at school. Now they have retired. He looks after the small farm, while she runs her own travel company and ships on cultural trips, in the local area as well as to Florence and Rome.