Had a truly fantastic day today. Woke up after about 10 hours of dead-to-the-world sleep & went upstairs with Liz to discover a wonderful breakfast buffet all laid out for us (& the other guests…but you know, it kinda felt like it was just for us :P). We had brekky sitting out on the balcony in the sunshine looking out of the mountains…pretty damn spectacular! After packing up some food for lunch & managing to pinch a spare set of hiking boot...

Early on Monday morning I said goodbye to my lovely friend Helle & thanked her for a wonderful four days in Norway. She delivered me to the tram station & from there I caught the tram to the bus station, a bus to the airport (which was 2 hours away), a plane to Milan, a bus to Milan central station, & then the metro to my hostel for the night. Oi! What a long, LONG day. And no, I did not sleep, despite my optimistic prediction. The hostel was…i...

On Sunday morning we had a long, LONG sleep in. Brace yourselves for this one…I slept until 11:00AM!!! That's insane. I don't think I've ever slept that late in my entire life. For once, although I woke up at 7:30AM, I was actually able to convince myself to just chill out, switch my mind off, & go back to sleep. Magic! When we did finally surface, we didn't go far. We grabbed the leftover pizza from the night before (the pizzas were significantly larg...

On Saturday Helle took me around Oslo on foot to see all the major sights of the beautiful city. Unfortunately the sun had all bus disappeared, but we managed to escape the rain for most of the day, which is by far the most inconvenient thing when you're trying to get out & about. We saw the city's castle & walked through centre of town where all the notable building, museums etc. are. Helle also took me into a couple of quirky home wares store (knowing...

On Friday I managed to sleep in a little, now being fully in summerhouse relaxation mode & all ;) When Helle & I both surfaced from our rooms for the day we made cup after cup after cup of tea & sat on the couch by the big open windows, talking for hours :) After some more reading & a late lunch, we decided to make the most of a small window of sunshine & took the family's little boat out on the water for a spin around the lake. In the af...