NORGE!

Wow, it has been the most hectic yet laid back day of travel I have ever had. After Iceland, I hoped on a quick jet to Oslo, only 2.5 hours. I met up with the rest of the ski team at the baggage pick up in Oslo. From there we bought train tickets and then the fun really started....we waited three hours for our train to leave. at around 14:45 (2:45) our train pulled in, and we loaded four bags and four very large ski bags onto the train car in, oh, about 15 seconds. No sooner had the last person stepped onto the train did the doors shut. Time for some more fun! A 5 hour train ride from Oslo to Durbin, where we took skis off the train in record time, only to carry them across the platform and load them right onto a new train. That train ride was only an hour....thank god. We were the only people who got of in Bjorli, the first place we are racing. Only one catch to the only only ones, well along with the Slovenian team that we met in Oslo,we were the only ones at a tiny train station in the middle of Norway, fun I know...did I mention that there was a foot of snow on the ground? ONly the better to slow us down and soak us to the core while we waited for a hotel shuttle to pick us up, but now finally i am safe and sound in Norway after a long day of travel. Training runs tomorrow and maybe a little jog in the am, that doesn't look very likely though, its snowing like a banshee outside!!! WOOOOO!!!!