Nate woke up and cooked breakfast. He cooked 6 eggs and a bunch of bacon and
shared it with me. After, I ran to the
bus stop to see what time the bus would come so that we wouldn’t miss the bus
to go to the center of the city and to go to church. Here is the schedule of
the bus times:
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Nate, Sarah, Julia, Megan and I left the
house and started on our way to church.
We rode the bus and then made our way onto the metro. Pretty quick after I got on the metro I noticed
that there was this lady that was looking at me. There was something familiar about the way
that the girl looked. A little while
into the trip somebody talked. The lady
was going to church with her husband just like we were. It was pretty funny that I could tell that
she was going to church right about the time that we got on the train. We had a nice little conversation and then
followed them off the metro and then up the street up to church. It was nice that we had run into them because
then we were led to church rather than trying to find it. We would have found it but this was so much
easier.
At church we were heartily welcomed by many
missionaries and also members of the ward there. We first went to Priesthood meeting and there
was English translation via headsets so that was nice. Then we went downstairs and had Sunday School
in English with a bunch of foreigners (like myself) and that was good as
well. At that time Sarah decided that
she wanted to be safe and so she left right after that. The rest of us wanted to try and catch the
sacrament. So we stayed a little bit
longer. Unfortunately for us time went
too quickly and it was time for us to leave and they hadn’t sang the Hymn
yet. So we decided that we were just
going to leave anyways.
We hurried to gather our belongings and
then head out the door. We took the few
seconds to each take a picture in front of the church with the sign but then we were
off. I actually nabbed Julia’s carryon
and carried it so that we could go faster.
We were almost running to get to the metro. We got there at a good time because we still
had a couple minutes before our metro train came. I know that I was counting my blessings.
We take the metro back to the center of the
city and then walk over to the bus station and find the other girls that didn’t
go to church with us. But there was no
Sarah. Many of us were worried. So I called a couple of times but she didn’t
answer. Finally, after like calling 5
times, she did pick up and said that she was okay and on her way.
Sarah made it on the bus with time to
spare. Then we were off again. We were on that bus for a long time. I wish I would have had a dinner on the bus
to eat but I didn’t have anything to eat.
I didn’t ask anyone else because I was feeling kind of crummy and car
sick and so didn’t want to get up.
The bus went through some very pretty
landscape by going from Oslo to Odda.
When we left Oslo it was 11 degrees Celsius. In the middle of Norway it had cooled down to
0 an there was snow falling and snow on the road. It was interesting to see the
difference. I was a little bit concerned
at the snow on the road but at the same time I was calm because the driver is a
professional and he has probably driven that route a number of times.
All of the student teachers really liked
the look of Odda. There were steep, steep,
mountains with a view of the fjord.
There was also some nice buildings.
I was excited because there was a central walkway like there is in Oslo
and Bergen where I assume that lots of people walk.
We weren’t home yet though. We still had to ride the bus from Odda to
Rosendal. I was second on the bus and
decided that I wanted to sit near the middle right behind the second door on
the driver’s side. Nate came back and
joined me on the passenger’s side. The
girls were all up in the front though.
It was as segregated as middle school dances are. The girls started playing the game Truth or
Truth (Truth or Dare without the dare).
It was at the second question that I was like “meh, I don’t care to
listen to what they are saying. I am
going to rock out to my music.” That is
what I did. I enjoyed myself. I guess I also provided some good
entertainment for the girls as well.
Something about bus dancing or lip syncing. I don’t remember.
We got back to Rosendal and it was
raining. Typical West Coast Norway right
there.
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