Trip - Reading to Oslo

The first day of my trip involved a lot of traveling. I took the train from Reading to London's Paddington station, the underground from Paddington to Liverpool Street, another train from Liverpool Street to Stansted Airport, a plane from Stansted Airport to Torp Sandefjord airport, and a 2-hour bus from Torp to Oslo.

It was dark when I arrived in Oslo, so I didn't get to see much on the first day. But I did see the snow. There were a few inches of snow on the ground when I arrived, which was a nice surprise.

There was a bit of a mixup regarding where I was supposed to meet my relatives -- we were supposed to meet at "Central Station", which apparently includes both the bus station and train station. The "Central Station" signs I saw pointed to the train station, so I waited for them there while they waited for me at the bus station. We eventually found each other though. That night I saw two of my relatives who I've met before and two who I haven't met, including my 4-year-old 3rd cousin who was very excited to meet his cousin from America.

It was great to see/meet them. It was nice to see familiar and friendly people so far away from home.


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posted by Matt @ 11:59 PM