Roadtrip to Norway
03-01-15

I searched for people on facebook and by mail to drive with to Norway. I found Minh and Daphne who drived from Arnhem to Kristiansand. I had too much stuff to travel by plane so I was very glad that I could join them. I wanted to bring my outdoor gear, a whole backpack full, a guitar, my snowboard and a bag of clothes and personal stuff.

Let the adventure begin!
We left Arnhem at 04:30 in the morning, to pick up Daphne in Aalten. We push all the stuff in the car and fortunately it fits! We leave Daphne’s place round 5:30.
The journey ahead soon. We keep a break every 2 hours. Ming is driving and Daphne and I change seats after each break. We arrive in Hirtshals in Denmark at 16: 15 and get the message that the boat is delayed. The cars  are lined up in rows and many people stay in the car. The boat arrives at 18: 20 and we have to Board.

The car is parked and we’re going to explore it in. The boat has 6 floors of which the bottom 3 car decks are. on board is a casino, restaurant, ball pit, fast food chain, supermarket, souvenir shop and fashion store. At the top of the ship are reserved chairs, they look like the chairs in planes.. All seats on board are quickly confiscated by people. People lie down to sleep in the hallways and sit down on the steps and floors. We buy evening dinner at a fast food store and take place on the floor. The mayonnaise is on yogurt base and the flesh of my hamburger has barely taste. But after the trip I eat my plate completely empty. Daphne and minh suffer from the rocking boat and go sit down on the stairs in front of the entrance to the car deck. The trip with the ferry takes 3hrs and I walk around on the ship. You can go outside around the ship. There is  a stair who leads to a balcony at the back of the ferry. The balcony gives a few over the car deck and the moon. The stars and the moon are bright and there are no clouds in the sky. The Moonlight on the water behind the boat and the splashing water gives it a fairy-tale picture.

We arrive in Kristiansand at 21:30 and have to challenge the Norwegian drive behaviours and weather.  It’s a complete chaos, there are more than 8 cars and trucks driving less than 10cm next to each other and all the cars have to get in one row. We can’t break because the road is one big ice lane. We survive without bumping into another car and drive to Minh’s dorm to pick up the keys. We drop our stuff at our own places and go back to Minh’s dorm to hang out. I go back to my dorm around 02:00 and sleep in my sleeping bag.