"Quarantine life brought my family closer together"

(SOUNDBITE) (English) REUTERS PHOTOGRAPHER, NORA SAVOSNICK, SAYING:

"I didn't want to move back in the beginning, I must admit, because I built my career in New York. I built a life in New York. That's where I've spent, like, most of my adult life."

Nora Savosnick works as a photographer for Reuters in New York.

But she decided to come back to her family home in Norway as President Trump began to tighten travel restrictions.

Her parents are glad to have her back.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) NORA'S MOTHER, CHAVA SAVOSNICK, SAYING:

"When you came from New York, you know, the natural thing for me is to go forward to you and kiss you and hug you, you know, my little girl. So that was more difficult in the beginning. But now, I mean, no one is hugging each other. It's just like the new normal."

It's given them quality time to catch up after many years spent apart.

One evening they played a game with Nora's sister over Skype.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) NORA'S MOTHER, CHAVA SAVOSNICK SAYING:

"You can look at the quarantine as a problem, or you can look at the quarantine as something to give you two weeks for doing, you know, to be with yourself, to think about things, to develop things which you have no time for otherwise."

Nora said her time at home has left her impressed by her parents fitness.

And it's brought them all closer together.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) REUTERS PHOTOGRAPHER, NORA SAVOSNICK, SAYING:

"The best part is that I'm getting a lot closer to you guys, and I don't think I would ever get this close if it hadn't been for me literally being locked down in this house."

Nora's parents take a moment to look through old family photographs.

Reflecting on old memories, while making new ones.