Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Quote of the day
God Jul! (Merry Christmas) Takk for everything to Didrik and his family/friends
-Seiji

A Journal about Norway

On 23rd Dec I left to Oslo(Torp) Airport from John Lennon Liverpool Airport.



at 5pm I arrived at Oslo (torp) airport.

Now I had to take a bus to Oslo S which is a train station.

I got on the bus. I asked a guy sitting next to me to make sure that I am on the right bus. Fortunately I was on the right bus. and we had a chat. He was from Denmark.

He said that he had had never seen such a small airport like Oslo (Torp) airport.

1 and half hour later I arrived at Oslo S. Kindly, he showed me which way to go and how to buy a train ticket. I thanked him and got on a train to Halden. was on the train for nearly 1.5 hours

When i arrived at Halden, Didrik, my friend from LIPA, was waiting for me. then we went to a chirstmas concert at a church. Didrik's dad was singing in a choir. then went back home and had a late dinner



First day in Norway finished

24th Dec
In Norway, they celebrate Christmas on The Christmas eve.




Woke up at 12pm.
Didrik took me to a petrol station coz I forgot a toothbrush.
on the way back he took me to the huge fortress. I forgot to take a camera even tho I am a japanese then we had porridge which was a game that the person who found the almond in the porridge wins.
then went to another christmas concert at another church. Didrik and his whole family was playing in the brass band. It was great. then got back home and had dinner.



It was great. then we opened loads of presents. Thanks for the travelling kit and CD!!!

25th Dec


Went to another church. (that means i went to 3 churchs in Norway in 3days) what a record.

anyway, Didrik took me to the fortress again, this time with the camera












A lake was frozen. so we could walk on it



then after dinner, we went to his friend's house and played board games, and watched DVD.

26 Dec

Woke up at 8am, and left house at 9am coz we wanted go to rock climbing.
We arrived there at around 10 and waited til its open.

now we realised that It was closed on 26 dec. so we changed a plan, and decided to go to Sweden which was 30mins far from there.

then got back to the halden station after norwegian pizza.

at 3 I said Good-bye and got on the train.



I saw such beautiful sunset



When I arrived at Oslo S, I was in really good mood.
I got on the bus.

When airport appeared front of me, the guy, I met on the first day in Norway, 's word echoed in my head.

"I've never seen such a small airport like this..."



"Okay... Its not a small airport, rather huge...

but It is Oslo airport... I made sure that I was on the right bus so many times..." I thougt.

so I asked an information lady.
"excuse me, it is Oslo airport isnt it? where can I check in?"

and I showed flight info paper.

lady: Okay, you have to go to Torp airport. not here. it is 100km away from here.

Oslo (Torp)
Oslo (Torp)
Oslo (Torp)
Oslo (Torp)!!!!!!

Crap, I thought.
I had to go back to Oslo S to get the right bus.

I was half giving up, laughing so hard in my head.

"If I miss a plane again, Im such a joke" I thought

well, I made it after all. that was really close tho.

What I learnt from this trip is to be organised. at least, know exactly how to get to the RIGHT airport.

C for Crap

2 comments:

Jonathan said...

Wow, sounds like a great trip! You'll have to tell me more about it when we're both back in Liverpool. Glad you got to the right airport in the end! Enjoy Barcelona!

JD x

Hannah said...

wow awesome. It looks brilliant.

You did get an extra bus ride out of it all though - so that's a bonus! woo.

happy new year seiji. (I met another seiji from Japan the other day. I asked if he knew you. He didn't, but I suppose that's because you're always in other countries).