The PERFECT delay!

Today everything went against me!!

First of all I had a HUGE problem with my baggage when checking in! Apparently my grandma´s 50 year old scale didn´t weigh my bags correctly and instead of having the ideal 29 kilos I had 43 kilos!! The check-in guy required that I pay 3500kr for the excess weight! Thats insane! I refused and finally they catagorised me under an exception rule!!! J I was super releaved!!

But my bubbly happiness soon dissapeared as I discovered that my flight from Oslo to Frankfurt was delayed by almost two hours, which meant that I`de miss the connection from Frankfurt to Sao Paulo and from Sao Paulo to Salvador! Not only would I arrive a day later to Brasil, but I would also miss meeting the other law students in Salvador as planned to take the arranged transport out to the island! (I was flying with points so didn´t taket the same flights as them. They traveled from Oslo to Lisbao to Salvador)

Worst case senarious immideatly rushed through my mind!! What if this... and what if that???When would I arrive? Saturday? Sunday? Monday? Ever????? Would I have to sleep in creepy undergrounds or broken down hotels in Frankfurt... or even worse... in the slums of Rio de Janeiro for all that I know!?! ....Ok ok I´m exagerating!!! But would I need to take the bus or a cab alone for two hours from the airport to Salvador? Ofcourse I would manage fine, but I couldn´t help think of The Bone Collector!!! I immidiatly wished I wasn`t a blond, cute girl, but a manly bodybuilder!! (Picture Schwarzenegger times three!)

The man in the service counter told me to fly to Frankfurt and see what happened from there on! He said I shouldn´t make problems out of nothing. But all I could think of was how would I possibly have time to run from one gate to another in under ten minutes?

I finally tok his advice and ended up on the airplane to Frankfurt! Apparently the original airplane had technical problems and was filled with water!! Good thing they discovered that in time! I nevertheless shed some tears in my own pity, as I sipped a glass of sparkling wine and tried to solve some impossible Suduko puzzles!

My pessimism was on a roll and when we landed in Frankfurt I missed my flight to Sao Paolo by five minutes!! I was stuck and went to the service counter for help! To my big suprise they had booked me on a flight to Lisboa 6:30 the next morning and from there on I`de take a direct flight to Salvador! And guess what?! The flight to Salvador is the same one as the other lawstudents will be on! I was thrilled!!! J

I spent the short night in a really nice hotelroom at the five stars Sheriton hotell! I ordered a yummy fruit salad from the room service and eventually fell asleep! J

In the end this delay was perfect!! I got to travel with the points, stay at a nice hotell and even travel with all my future law friends from Lisboa to Salvador!! J

I guess the man at the service counter was right: Ikke ta sorgene på forskudd!!

PS: When I was waiting in Frankfurt for the flight to Lisboa I received a note informing me of a strike at the airline TAP, which is bringing me to Salvador. They appologise for any inconvenience that this might cause! This time around I am however not going to get annoyed over such a bagatell! Worst case senarious have been dropped!! J

PPS: I have now arrived to Moro de Sao Paulo. There was a strike and we were 2 hours delayed. But everything worked out fine! I had a really comfy seat in business class due to the points, and met lots of nice people! :)

PPPS: Its beautiful here!!! Will come with an update as soon as I get time!! :)

Oppsummering på plass 97

Jeg sitter klemt mellom rammer, sekker, Cactusposer og våte joggesko på plass 97. Destinasjon Oslo. Jeg lengter allerede etter Mamma og søte Mango! Etter fire måneder med herlig ferie vender jeg nå tilbake til skolebenken! Tenk fire måneder! Det er jo nesten et halvt år!! ☺

Tiden etter Madrid har jeg tilbrakt med familien i herlige Ny-Hellesund og på fjellet. Jeg har kost meg med flotte kajakkturer med Mamma og Kari, vellykkede fisketurer, en 13 timers fantastisk moltetur til Gluben med Pappa, fjell-og joggeturer med Mango, blåbærspising, shopping i Kristiansand, kakespising hos mor og (is)bading i Gluggevannet! Også har døtrene dine så klart blitt sterke med den årlige dosen steinbæring, pappa! ☺

Men nå markerer halv pris av halv pris slutten på sommersalget og høstkolleksjonene fyller butikkvinduene. Jeg ville vanligvis ha vært i ekstase! Høsten gleder oss med nye farger, sene kvelder i ølteltet med venner og kastanjeblader som maler byen oransje. Det vil snart friste å gjemme seg inni varmen med kakao og et altfor mykt pledd!

Jeg skal derimot slite mine sprakende shorts og rosa hawaiianas i enda tre deilige måneder! Jeg skal studere jus på en idyllisk øy utenfor Salvador i Brasil og erstatter derfor kakaoen med en frisk caprinja og høstjakka med en bikini og en stråhatt! ☺ Jeg gleder meg masse!!!

Takk for en utrolig fin sommer på Sørlandet! ☺

Langt fra UB!

Kan dere anbefale noen nye kristne spenningsromaner?” spør den unge damen. Den ivrige bibliotekaren suser av gårde!

TF?? MF??????

Neida, neida jeg er langt fra noe fakultet i tigerstaden! I dag befinner jeg meg i en bitte liten lesesal på Kvinesdal bibliotek hvor jeg okkuperer en av kun ti leseplasser. Plass er for så vidt ikke noe problem da jeg er den eneste flittige leseren her i dag.... ja bortsett fra den dypt konsentrerte mannen som lager familiekart på første rad. Men koselig er det og her er det ideelt for å fokusere!

Jeg gjemmer meg i det innerste hjørnet omringet av microfilmede kirkebøker fra Liknes, Feda, Fjotland og Hægebostad til venstre, mens fristende Norske Kunstner Leksikon og noen litt mindre fristende Vennesla bind I, II og III stirer ned på meg fra høyre hylle.

Dette er altså verken Novas stilfulle Catwalk eller Blinderns sjelfulle festsal, men totalt lost er jeg ikke, for lovsamlingen har jeg med meg og forvaltningsrett skal jeg lære!!

Men tankene min vandrer og jeg ser for meg solfylte timer på surfebrettet, lange hvite strender, bølgete pensumbøker og masse brasilianske fristelser!

Men ferien her på sørlandet er ennå ikke over for min del og flere dager i sensommerregnet skal nytes før jeg stikker av gårde til Brasil! ☺ Jeg undrer hvordan lesesalene er der?