vendredi, juin 13, 2008

Waiting for a package in Funasdalen

Dear Readers,

I am currently in Funasdalen in Sweden, still waiting for a package that was supposed to arrive on Tuesday in Os in Norway. Yesterday I biked from Roros in Norway to Funasdalen because it was the new destination of my package and I hoped to catch it there. But my expectations were filled with desillusion and I am still desperatly waiting.
Roros and Funasdalen are seperated by 77 km, some mountains and a lot of snow. This makes it a difficult trip especially if it rains. At some point it even rained ice! Roros and Funasdalen are in two different scandinavian countries, therefore I had to cross the boarder.
Crossing it was particular because the custom is posted on the top of the mountains in the middle of no-where with just a few houses, one guy from the custom and a bus full of norvegian stopping for a little snack at the same time as I did. 40 km later I arrived in Funasdalen a big ski resort with a big lake, a few houses, two to three restaurants and my hostel. Very few restaurants remain open after 20h00 so I had to rush under the shower and go in one of the restaurant to have some diner. Quickly, I met a norvegian man who happened to stay in the same hostel as I did. We chated for a while and were joined by one german and one american who were doing field work in the area. It was my first social evening and it was really nice meeting total strangers and talk about our different perceptions about the scandinavian culture. We came to a common agreement saunas are very good, food is different, Danemark, Sweden and Norway are three totally different countries with their own culture and swedish women chewing tobacco is definitely not sexy.

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