I have also started an album on Pica
Left Sprucefield at 8.15am last Monday to fly to Oslo from Dublin. Re-checked my baggage at Gardermoen airport - you have to claim your case at point of entry in Norway (as in the USA) and take it thru customs - so I knew it had got that far. You've no doubt guessed what's coming next! I had a pretty tight connection to Floro, on the west coast about a fifth of the way up - but the 'plane was delayed over an hour. A tiny wee plane holding maybe 20 people each side. Because of the delay we were in danger of missing the last fast ferry from Bergen (via Floro) to Maloy (I was getting off at Smorhamn) so the Pilot 'phoned ahead to let the boat know and to organise taxis.
I was being picked up by a friend of P's and her daughter: 'cos Kjellaug's English is as good as my Norwegian! We landed with under ten minutes to spare and, whilst there were plenty of cases coming off the 'plane, very few of them seemed to belong to the passengers waiting :( The ground staff nonchalantly told us they would send them on which caused me more than a little concern because they wouldn't know where I was staying. Anyway - Kjellaug bundled me into a taxi and said she would sort it out. Five minutes later, after a great impression of wacky races by our (female) taxi driver, we were on the ferry with seconds to spare.
Jostein and P were there to meet me on the quay 20 minutes later and J was able to tell me that my case would arrive on the 11.30 ferry on Tuesday. It didn't and then I really started to be concerned! Another 'phone call and we were informed it would be arriving by delivery truck at the Spar shop in Kalvag at 2.30 that afternoon and, thank goodness, it did. Phew!
And: as I'm here in the official capacity of Housekeeper, Cook and bottle washer for the next 6 weeks I've spent the last days doing just that. With time of course for lovely walks and cycle rides and lazy evenings.
So: watch this space - more later.
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