Ms Happ

Finished seeing all I could on the lofoten islands. Time to get back to the port city of Bodø and train-it south.

1. Sunday. Got the rental car back by 2 pm. Check.
2. Got to the ferry dock 2 hours early. Guy told me to but a ticket on boat. Went to nearby café to wait out of the rain. Check.
3. Got to the ferry 15 minutes early. It was pouring rain. 15 min was plenty. Wrong. Ferry was all full, about 10 people before me. Next one, late that night. No good. Next after that, 6:30 am Monday.
4. Get a hotel. Set alarm for 5:45.
5. 6:30 am, make ferry. Seas are HUGE. People are vomiting all over the place. Saw a mom throw up on her daughter, only to have the tyke return the favor minutes later. …for everything else there’s MasterCard.
6. Arrive Bodø, 9:30 am. Plenty of time for 12:30 pm train. Buy ticket at last minute for said train. Technically now I’ve been waiting for almost 24 hours.
7. 12:45, 15 min out of station, realize I forgot phone at train ticket counter.
8. Exit train at first stop. Cross tracks to road, hoist thumb.
9. Car finally stops. 20 min to train station.
10. Retrieve phone. Ask for lecture. Need it, don’t get one. Next train, 8 1/2 hours later.
11. But ticket for said train. Lady who just refused to lecture me, talks me into the train SEAT and not bed for the overnight trip.
12. Wait around all day. Everything to do’s too expensive. Go to library. Check bank accounts. Panic. Send threatening letters to WAMU. Consider doing the same to UBOC. Breathe.
13. Get pizza. Call hostel for Tue night (Mon night will be spent on train) reservation. Determine that the bus from the train stop to the hostel, gets to the hostel at 8 pm. Smile about that.
14. Make train in a panic that I’ve now forgotten something else essential.

Plan is to go surfing on the western coast of Norway. The place I’m going is called Hoddevik. It’s not in any of the travel guides. Not the town, not the village. Sweet!

Will arrive Tuesday night at 8 pm. Started Sun at 1:30. Nearly three complete days. And they’re ALL well over $100.

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