Into Exile....

Having got the working holiday visa, been to lots of interesting museums, and spent the day on nordic skis, there's really only one thing left to do in Norway - leave! I'm flying out of Sandjeford airport here in Torp, which is about 120km south of Oslo. Why such a remote and obscure little airport? Well, as these things go, its where Ryanair flies to, and I was able to get a flight to the UK for the stately sum of NOK 9.00 - thats about US$1.40 for the non-scandinavians. For comparison, the 350mL Fanta that I brought while cross country skiing yesterday cost me NOK 33. Its really quite ridiculous really - it costs nearly 50% more to travel from one side of Copenhagen to the other, and more than double that to go and visit Dorthe's parents. Of course you have to add the taxes etc to that, so that the total cost comes in at around about NOK 200 (US$28) but even that is a ridicuously low price for a two hour flight of roughly a thousand kilometres or more... It just doesn't seem right really - after all, there's basically nothing else can you get in Norway for NOK 9!