Friday, 15 May 2015

The start of a new season 2015

The 2015 Further Adventures of Kalinka1

Greetings or should I say god dag fra nie sa sol  Norge.
Raining big cats and bigger dogs down low and probably snow above the clouds and it’s May 5!
I started this year on April 29 in Toronto by being driven to and kicked out at Pearson International airport in Malton Ont.
I entered the terminal and proceeded to line up in the check in line for Iceland air. Little did I know that I’d be there for the next 3.5 hours! The computer system was down and we waited and waited as they tried unsuccessfully to fix it. So they decided to check us all in manually! I eventually got checked in then had to hot foot it to the gate and horror of horrors no time for duty free! And they had changed my seat! I did manage to stay well behaved though and actually got the window at the wing exit row so able to stretch out!
Away we went only 1 ½ hours late. Easy five hour flight to Iceland. Supposed to hold the connector for us but and a big but it was it took off just as I got to the gate! Now I really wasn’t happy! Sent to customer service desk booked on a later flight with  SAS and given a food voucher only good for the cheapest thing on the menue! Had Scrambled eggs and ½ pound of bacon so not so bad but would have been more satisfying to strangle somebody!

Made it Oslo you get Duty free when you get off the plane so quite good. Missed the train! Catched the next one an hour and a half later. Supposed to stop in Royken but doesn’t so going to Drammen whether I want to or not! Call cousin on phone. New arrangements Anne will meet me there. Get off train two medium bags and one honkin big one with boat stuff, duty free and extra’s weight ¼ ton. Of course the train stops on the platform the furthest away from the station and exit. So off I stagger Just about up the ramp and out and the phone rings! Put everything down find the phone answer it, Anne wants to know where I am. Did I miss that train too? I caught my breath told her I was there somewhere and coming up a ramp. Wow kazam there she was just around the corner. Magic I tell you just magic. Loaded my stuff into her car broke the suspention and  I relaxed as I was driven to my new home for 4 days.

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