I arrived at the Minneapolis airport around 10:30am thinking security would take a while and they suggest that for international flights you arrive 3 hours early. My aunt, mom, and brother dropped me off. I said goodbye to them though I had a few tears when my mom started crying. Having lived at home for all previous 19 years of my life this experience was something completely new to her and everyone. I checked both of my unfortunately heavy luggage bags. One was 49lbs, just a pound under the limit. Thank goodness, but at the end of the day I wished I hadn’t had them that heavy. -more on that later-. I went through security without a hitch and there was no line at all! So much for arriving 3 hours early. I went and to exchange $200USD to get Norwegian Kroner. That’s about $1200 Kroner. And it does not go far at all. My flight from Minneapolis to Detroit was no problem though I was in the middle seat, which always sucks. The older lady behind my was from Grand Forks and we talked for a bit. She noticed my “Sioux” sweatshirt I had on and asked if I was a Sioux fan. I told her well yes and I’m from Grand Forks. She wasn’t on her way to Norway, but she said she was there last summer visiting some relatives and it was absolutely beautiful. I arrived in Detroit with about 40 mins to spare before boarding to Paris. The first ever international flight was to Paris and it was so long. I had an isle seat, much better than the middle, but it was still uncomfortable for that long of time. I read a whole Sarah Dessen book, watched part of a movie, listened to music and attempted to sleep. I probably slept for 2 hours and that was not solid sleep by any means. I arrived in Paris at 7:00am (which was 1:00am MN/ND time) So it basically was a new day starting when I should have been going to bed. I had an hour or so in the Paris airport and I bought a lemonade, French candy and French magazine which I still haven’t read yet…but I will. My flight from Paris to Oslo, I was exhausted. I attempted to sleep the whole 2 hour flight. I got to Oslo Gardermoen airport at noon local time. I found my luggage right away. I hopped on the train to the Oslo Central Station. My bags were so heavy that this Norwegian guy had to help me lift my luggage onto this train… I arrived at the Central train station and met the people from BI.
——– This post is already long but, I will finish it later ——–
*I need to work on summarizing everything better* (:
