As I´m sitting here on the plane some thousand feet up in the air, I´m gonna take the liberty to write this blog post in English. I haven´t been able to write at either OSL or Heathrow since I didn´t feel like paying lots of money for less than an hour at the gate in Oslo. And they didn´t have the same system when I got to London, so I gave up. I rather enjoyed my own company, even though I was pretty bored after staying several hours outside the departure area at OSL. Silly thing is that after waiting all those hours, I still got last in line at the baggage drop off desk. Isn´t that funny?
Well, it hasn´t exactly been the most giving day, but that´s how it always is when I travel. I rarely travel only short distances. For some odd reason I have a thing for moving to the other side of the world? As I´m doing this exact minute, moving to Australia to go to school. Why I didn´t want to go to University in Norway you might ask? Hmm, first of all, I would´ve had to work a year in the industry, and I really didn´t feel like postponing my education another year just because of that. Secondly, my other option wasn´t really an option. It was not the kind of tourism I wanted to study. And, lastly, going to University in Australia has always been a dream of mine. Just like going to the US as an exchange student had also been a dream to me. And I believe that if you have a dream, you should go for it. Life is short, I´ve had to learn that the hard way. But it´s those things in life that makes you stronger, and for me it just made me sure that if there´s one thing I know, it´s that I will never, ever waste my life being miserable about where I am or where I´m going in life. I have the ability to change it, and that´s what I´m gonna do. I also have the ability to do the best out of every situation as well. No need to complain or get upset until it´s utterly necessary. It has proven to me it´s the best in most situations and it also keeps the people around you less miserable as well. A smile can be contagious, just like any yawn. Just try, you might be surprised.
Haha, I didn´t expect this to be such a deep, life teaching blog, but that´s what you get. I always start thinking about life when I travel. Whenever there are hours and hours to wait, and nothing else to do I think, or read, or eat. I feel like that´s the only thing I do when I travel. Eating. I have no idea why, I guess it´s cause of the amount of shops, restaurants, and food stands around the airports. And also the fact that there is a limited amount of things to do at an airport?
I guess I should tell you about my travel so far. As I already said, I didn´t get the opportunity to write earlier, so I´ll just write a summary of the trip so far.
As you might know, I left a small group of friends and family at the airport in Ålesund Wednesday night because of the unpredictable winter weather we sometimes have in Norway. Therefore, I went to Oslo a day early and stayed at a hotel overnight. Quite interesting since I for a moment thought I had locked myself out of my room? Luckily for me I was staying at e new part of the airport so the doors weren´t agreeing all the time. I also managed to oversleep. I turned the alarm on, woke up and fell asleep, just so that I woke up right after they closed breakfast. So typical! Again, lucky for me, daddy made me Svele before I left! J
The wait at OSL was way too long for my taste. Not that it actually was especially long, but spending 5 hours at OSL isn´t the most exciting thing in the world... ANyone who´s been there can tell you that. But eventually I could check in my bags and move on into the world of duty free, people and gates. Got myself some food, and a nice little seat to do some more waiting. Yay!
And guess what!!! The plane was delayed, because of the snow? Told you it was a good idea to expect silly weather changes like that. I woke up to a lot more snow than the day before by the way. I forgot to write about that. First thought that popped into my mind was ?Oh crap?.
Back to the flight?
For some odd reason I fell asleep on the plane from Oslo to London. This is something new! I always have trouble falling asleep on planes, but I guess my body was tired of the waiting and sickness in my body. It felt good! When I finally got to Heathrow I had to find the bus so I could get to the right terminal. I found a map so I could figure out if that terminal had what I was craving, Starbucks Chai Tea. And, you can imagine how pleased I was to find it!! I think I´ve been craving chai tea since the last time I went to the US, which was in October?
An hour later and I was again ready to board a plane, this time the plane to Sydney, via Bangkok. This flight was also delayed due to the fact that someone had forgotten to get a new passport and wasn´t allowed to fly out of the country. I feel really sorry for that person, since I would not have wanted to be in his shoes!
And after watching 127 hours, eaten a nice little airplane meal, and found some nice music I´m now sitting here wondering what else to write? I think I´ll post this either in Bangkok or Sydney depends on when I find Internet. I still have about 7 hours left before we arrive in Bangkok though.
I just want to say I´m sorry to the ones back home who actually read my blog, and doesn´t understand everything I wrote in this one. I just felt like writing it in English, since it´s sometimes easier to express things in English, than in Norwegian.
Hope you still love me ;)

Starbucks ChaI Tea Latte :D:D <3
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