From Norway to Germany.

Monday morning, I've been here for a nearly a week.

Lise's father graciously gave me a lift to the bus stop last Monday at 6:30 in the morning. I didn't have any change. Fortunately a guy named Hans, now a police officer in Haugesund, knew her dad from army training and loaned me the money.

Then a 9 hour bus ride from Haugesund to Oslo - the scenic route. Lots of landscapes similar to the ones in earlier photos plus snow. I shut my eyes for a second to find that, on exiting a tunnel, the entire countryside was blanketed in white! The bus didn't stop, so no snowmen for me. :-(

So, on to Oslo... One night in a hostel, the cheapest I could book. Bastards charged me 50NOK for sheets! The city itself is a pleasing metropolis of clean streets, shopping and TRAMS! Probably a nice place to live, assuming one has a salary to pay for it. I like Norway but the $AUS dollar doesn't stretch very far.

The next day I had my first, and only, Spanish conversation in Norway. Unfortunately it was with two South American Jehovah's Witnesses who stopped me at the train station because they thought I looked Spanish - flattering I guess. The dark hair isn't such a factor but most Norwegians I met have blue eyes.

Just a tip for the airport train. There is an express train and a stopping all stations. The latter only takes 40 minutes and is half the price.

The flight and passage to my hostel were uneventful.