Back Well! It's been a few days since I was able to find access, so I'll sum up what I've been doing. I last wrote from Copenhagen, where I caught a train up to Oslo. I ended up taking a night train, because by the time I tried to reserve a seat on the morning train it was full-up.
I was lucky to be sitting next to a young man from Germany, near Cologne, who is currently doing his (mandatory) civil service in a classroom for the disabled. Needless to say, we had a lot to talk about! Or at least we did until around 11 at night, when most people were going to sleep. I did manage to get a bit of sleep on the train, but it was very light.
My mother met me at the train station, along with Haakon, who is related through my grandmother. After we reached the Rønne residence, I got a bit of breakfast, and took care of the moving in, then went to sleep from 10 until 3. That evening we had a bit of a dinner party, with food cooked by Elin, Haakon's wife, who I assure you is a wonderful cook. They tend to drink a bit, so almost everyone got a bit tipsy, including yours truly.
On Saturday Mom and I went to the Resistance Museum. It was laid out very well, with almost everything having english translations. I never realised how large a role Norway played in WWII. This is where Hitler believed the major allied attack would come through. After the Museum, we walked around town again, then took the bus back to the Rønne house. Another wonderful dinner, this time Chinese, and off to bed.
Sunday we went to the airport and hopped a plane. Since I was flying stand-by I didn't end up on the same plane my mom was on, but my plane departed only five minutes later. What was our destination, you ask? a small town up above the arctic circle named Bodø. The plan was to catch a ferry south from here to Sjonnechen (sp?) at five this morning. However, the ferry doesn't leave here until four this afternoon. We instead went to see the Maelstrøm, which is the larges tidal flow in the world. During the peak of the high and low tides over 4 million cubic meters of water is forced through a narrow opening, which creates enormous amounts of turbulance, sometimes whirlpools as large as 10 meters across and 4-5 meters deep. I took lots of pictures of this, as it's not exaclty something you'll see anywhere else.
Now we are checking out of the hotel and will soon be heading for the ferry. In fact, I should get back so I can pack. Talk to ya later!
Scott
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