Have been so busy with meetings all week even today and tomorrow but let me make myself feel good by sharing my experiences with you all here na ka.
My group (basically those from my program on the Ship for Southeast Asian Youth back in 1985) planned this trip to Norway to visit one of our members who is married to a Norwegian and to take this opportunity to explore the country much further with her help in the overall planning ka.
Will keep it short as follows even though I know I can write much longer from almost 10 days of travel ka:
1. A must to try
My group and I normally aren't interested in hamburgers unless we have to but this time, we saw an ad of a Burger King'', boasting its beef whopper with 0% beef. Most of us aimed to try and we did ka.
We thought the taste was ok but then our เจ food to be closely taste like pork may be better....yet the process to help lessen environment and resources is another matter to probe further.
2. Not one drop of alcohol when driving
My junior friend and her husband had to drive us to a ferry and so they both strictly observed non-alcohol drink while they were entertaining us in their home. Her husband said he didn't want to lose driver’s license as he needed to drive to his university daily.
My mind went to two keywords ka: Discipline and Law Enforcement.....sad nidnueng loei ka thinking about us here in Thailand.
3. Non-cash country soon
We were told that even with some little things, they use credit cards, not cash. So, it wasn't a surprise to see some restaurants with a sign saying, 'Card only' ka. One group member found that her '500-Krone' bill couldn't be used and she had to exchange hers at a bank
Time for us to get used to using cards or electronic transfers to pay ka.
4. Northern Lights
Even when northern lights weren't high on my own agenda, I followed the group to chase them. We were on a special trip to hunt for the lights one night. A 21-year old driver drove us out of Tromso city to the middle of nowhere, which was extremely dark. It was like going to a fire camp since we could sit around the fire, heat sausages, and drink hot chocolate while feeling real real chilly. It was cloudy with slight vision of stars.
Chasing the northern lights failed but such a rare experience was priceless ka!
Finally, we saw quite a bit from boarding a cruise ship (with no coronavirus back na kaaa!) We all were very excited and our host was relieved to see such satisfaction onsite and from taking and sharing lots of pix ka!
5. Not Chinese!
We felt so goooood traveling in Norway as people there were real relaxed. We all told ourselves to breathe the cleanest air fully every day!
One day at a tram station, a Western-look guy who could likely be a Norwegian moved away from us right away after looking at our faces. My friend said we weren't Chinese! His reaction changed to be real friendly. He started telling us about the area and what to see!
Feel so bad for Chinese and what if coronavirus outbreak was originated in our country?
More soon ka.
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