Home again, safe and sound!

At 7PM Friday I met Greg outside the food market in Chania, and we went by bus to his and Annas home, not in Souda, but a small village about 5 km from the airport. The Turkish lady was not coming after all. Anna and Greg were wonderful to be with, and over a nice and long meal we shared a lot about our lives. The view from their three verandas were spectacular, at the south the impressive mountains of Lefka Ori, to the west Chania city, and to the north the azurblue sea. After the meal we sat down outside with a drink and watched a huge moon rising... I felt so privilegded to meet these two wonderful people on my last night in Crete. It was like meeting family. We will meet again, either I going to Crete again, and/or they coming to see me in Norway!

Saturday morning brought time for new goodbyes, Greg walked me to the supermarked and from there called for a taxi to the airport. The plain had gotten a new take-off time three hours later than the original schedule, so that gave an extra bonus: three more hours in the sun! Two weeks ago I had met Mari and Rudy at the bus station in Chania. They even knew a person I knew in Koppang. I had talked to them several times in Paleochora, and we kept bumping into each other all the time in Chania Friday, so with the delay of the plain the three of us decided to check in the luggage and then find a taverna. Knowing it was raining in Oslo made the delay extra pleasant for us.

Around six PM we landed at Oslo Airport Gardermoen, and I found the train to Hamar, where couchsurfing friend Odd was waiting for me. The last train to Koppang had left a long time ago. I brought a bottle of wine, he had prepared a wok, and we spent a nice evening together before I hit the couch and soon fell asleep. Couchsurfing can be highly recommended - also for those of us who put our first youth behind us!
I hope I will have many visitors in my house this summer! It is a great way to meet new people from all over the world, but also nice people from our own country.

After a nice breakfast it was again time for goodbyes, to find the train and get the last leg of my travel over and done with.

Coming home around 2PM, there was only 13 degrees Celsius in my house! So now there is a fire on, and I hope the sun will bring more warmth in the days to come.

Now I have the best part of the Norwegian summer to look forward to.

And in my garden things has developed very slowly because of the cold weather. But everything seeems to be doing fine, some of the tulips are in full bloom and the rest will follow.

A great holiday it has been, but it is also nice to come home!