The Tortured Poets Compartment

This morning I woke up feeling vaguely human which was nice for a change. But there was no real time to enjoy the feeling as it was moving day, time to say goodbye to Bergen and head off to the snow. We got packed up with no problem at all, if anything we had too much time on our hands. The time came and we set off from our apartment for the 20 minute or so walk to the train station, it was a lovely fresh, sunny morning so just right for a stroll and we made it with plenty of time to spare. We decided to get a snack and walked into the shop to be greeted by the smell of bacon cooking, I think there might be a law that says some needs to be on the go at all times. We just picked up a mix of sweet pastries to get us on our way and soon enough it was time to board our train, destination Geilo.
We had a compartment to ourselves which was nice, and it was actually one that converted into sleeping if required, there were two bunks up high which Allegra and Olivia climbed up to and this meant that it all felt very spacious. The train ride started slowly scenery wise, just zipping alongside some fjords in the early afternoon sunshine, we mostly just lazily enjoyed the view, although not Lily and Ruby to be fair as they were busy revising and making the most of this time. As the trip progressed the view got more and more spectacular and more and more snow covered and by the last part of it there were frozen lakes in the mountains, ice skaters and wind skaters making the most of the conditions as we passed. We arrived at Geilo at 3 and just had time to pick up a couple of things for our dinner before catching the shuttle bus to our accommodation. It took the scenic route, although to be fair every route was fairly scenic, so it took a while, but we made as darkness was falling. Then we were set for our evening’s entertainment, three episodes of Stranger Things had dropped today and we were not going to miss out on them. We were interrupted at one stage by the fire alarm going off, the people upstairs had been cooking a bit overzealously apparently. That was sorted out fairly quickly and we could resume our binge watching, only dinner preparation was a further interruption. The three episodes were most enjoyable, we are now set up nicely for the final instalment on New Years Day. For now though it is time for bed, we have an early start in the morning and a day of skiing to look forward to.Læs mere