My trip to Stavanger on Tuesday was extended to include Monday night when I found that I couldn’t get a flight out on Tuesday morning. It looks like Norwegian have now switched to their summer schedule with only four flights a day which presumably also puts more pressure on the SAS flights. On the plus side, this meant I didn’t have to get up at six in the morning. I was obviously still half asleep when I went through the airport though as I managed to leave my coat at security. It cost me 40kr to pick it up from lost property the next day.
On Wednesday it was a return to international travel with a two day trip down to Gothenburg. Everything worked out very well as, having flown down with Widerøe (on a Fokker 50 leased from the slightly dubiously named Denim Air), I stepped out of the airport and straight on to the bus in to the city centre. It was then just a few minutes walk from the terminus to the customer location, with the Radisson where I was staying the same distance in the other direction.
I had a couple of spare hours to wander round the city in the sunshine that evening. The centre itself is certainly very pleasant although its a shame that the wide streets seem to be quite so busy with cars, buses and trams. I have to confess to walking straight through "Scandinavia’s largest shopping mall", only stopping briefly to use a cash point. Also a shame that I didn’t have a little more notice of the trip and then I may have been able to take in a bit of the action at the Junior World Orienteering Champs.
Now looking forward to a relaxing weekend where Christine does all the running around…