Lillehammer, the very sound is of it is Norway- what with the Winter Olympics et al. So I had to go there and I did.
Do you realise there are 934 steps from the bottom of the ski jump to the top of it? -that is after you’ve climbed the hill. Oh well… Definitely worth it.
I watched kids, born after the turn of the century, fly down the hill landing 60+ metres down the hill without effort. Back in town I evaded 50 year olds who needed walking poles to get to the next shop and bargin.
Perhaps it was best I headed back to Kristiansand yesterday and to the Budget Hotel as today is decidedly a rain day, pretty much non stop all day. The Budget Hotel is one of the more unique places I’ve stayed. It sits literally in the middle of a car park next to the ferry terminal and train station. Not pretty but basic. This is the view from my window.
But, it’s fine and I’d stay here again. So with not much to do, except get wet, I wandered around the centre which didn’t take too long and found a kid’s dream shop.
This is less than a ¼ of the shop.
Apparently it’s been a wetter summer than normal. But on whole I’ve been lucky with the weather. While it has rained a fair amount, either through luck, planning or being prepared, I haven’t suffered from rain that much. The wind though has been a bit of a bastard at times.
In more than one sense. I’m back in Norway having taken the morning ferry to Kristiansand. They really pack the cars in. Not a place for those with claustrophobia.
It was a beautiful warm (actually hot) day and I decided to head up the coast. But….. Neither the legs nor brain had any energy and after some 15 kms of rather steep ups and downs I headed back to town. After all paying $60 to put my tent on a patch of grass beside some motor homes really didn’t appeal and the roads aren’t quite as scenic though well built.
