Then my boyfriend gave me my am wakeup call. Much rather talk to him than sleep any way. Taking a chance that their gym is open again by now. As I was leaving the hotel and walking towards the bus terminal, someone grabbed my arm. I was startled for a second but when I turned around, it was the little concierge who had been so helpful. He was off today and just wanted to say good-bye to me. So sweet. Finding the right bus and heading towards the airport was so easy.
I really feel like I know Oslo now and will be happy to come back again next year. My room was ready at the airport hotel. It has rained off and on all week and was raining a lot more at the airport. The weather is much cooler here, too. Cold, in fact! I only have two pair of long pants with me and no long sleeve shirts but I do have a fleece and a couple of light jackets. Had it not been raining and cold, I would have just jogged outside.
Instead I got in a fairly good workout on my legs and then ran on the elliptical trainer for an hour. Walked over to the airport and got a salad rather than eating the terrible food in the hotel restaurant. For two days solid, they had nothing but the Michael Jackson memorial — over and over and over again. Did not even show any news although the news they do show is never accurate. From the news coverage of Michael Jackson, he obviously single-handedly united the entire world. I feel sure that the next statement is going to be that he is actually Jesus Christ who came back to earth as promised in the Bible.
They were flying from several different cities to Philadelphia and then a direct flight to Oslo. Their flight was delayed but all but one of them was there in time to get on an earlier flight to Philadelphia — that was also delayed. Now I only have to worry about one person not making it to Oslo tomorrow. I thought yesterday was Wednesday and it was actually Thursday. J I forgot to mention the really good street performers all over Oslo.
There were two guys blowing into glass bottles and making very pretty music. Pretty funny. Then there was a group of Indians and they had cds for sale. I mean like Native American Indians in full headdress, beads, loincloths, etc. Their music was good, too. A couple of times I got nervous walking by myself late at night when I would be returning from eating dinner.
