So, I’m in Skien, after 12 or so hours of train travel. Thankfully this time it didn’t feel as horribly long as it usually does. To sum my day up, me and Alina woke up around 7, got showered and dressed, and had breakfast. After deciding that we should start going around 8, i suddenly remember, the train leaves at 8:25, not 8:35 as I thought. So we start walking real fast, me with my very heavy winter boots, and her with brand spanking new army boots that are too stiff to really walk comfortably in.

After some rather painful minutes of walking, we end up at the station 08:24, run to the train and jump on. Turns out the train was 5 minutes delayed however, so we got some time to catch our breath and say our goodbyes.
So, catching the train was one thing, finding my seat an entirely different matter. I stumble around the the train trying to find my seat, and after a while find it. Turns out there’s this woman sitting in my seat, she excuses herself of course and scuttles along down the corridor to her assigned seat. After sitting there for a while, a new woman appears, claiming that the window seat is her seat. As the gentleman I am, I of course let her have the seat. Just for the hell of it, I check my ticket again. 69 window it says. Anyway, I’m not the one to quarrel, so I let her have it.

Well, sitting around bored on trains is really not my thing, so I wanted to know if there was any comfort seats available (That’s the ones with extra comfy seats, a power outlet and some coffee), but alas no, they were all taken. And I had even brought my computer and everything…ah well. So I end up sitting next to previously mentioned lady and twiddle thumbs. After a while I fall asleep, and wake up 2 hours later. Great! First time in ever I’ve actually managed to sleep on a train.

With some good sleep to my eyes, I want to read something. So i finish up my “The Invisibles” comic, then start on the “Stardust” book by Neil Gaiman. After quite some hours, totally mesmerized in the book, it´s finished! Woah, I mean the start was pretty slow, but the last part, oh joy! I can’t wait to watch the movie now. Actually, I even started reading it a second time on the train from Oslo to Skien, just because it was that good.

And this has to be said, the trains between Oslo and Skien are getting worse and worse by the year! I mean, the train I went with today must have been pre-WW2!, it was in army green and beige inside, with horrible seats and the toilets was old as dust. It’s only a matter of years before they simply close down that line completely. Makes kind of sense though, the last hour before I came into Skien, I was the only one on the train…

So, now I´m at my mom and step dads place. They set in a new bed which is twice the size of the old one, and twice as comfy. We have ironed our shirts and pants, and we’re all ready to go around 9:30 tomorrow for the funeral.
Apparently I’m the one waling in from, carrying the casket with my uncle.. Hope I don´t screw it up :s

Now I really need to get some sleep. Horribly tired and getting up fairly early tomorrow. I’ll probably post a new post tomorrow evening after we’re all done.