March 11, 2014
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Trying to strike up a conversation on the plane with a girl who only spoke Italian (Berlin)
Getting on the wrong public transit train or subway line, twice (Berlin)
Getting on the right public transit train or subway but going the wrong way, four times (Berlin)
Confusing different stations on the clearly labeled map, three times (Berlin)
Taking forty minutes to cover fifteen minutes’ worth of distance via public transit, twice (Berlin)
Losing track and becoming lost walking around the city, three times (Berlin)
Searching for the U1 and U2 subways for twenty minutes, actually needing the S1 and S2 train lines (Berlin)
Walking out of the airport without collecting checked-in duffel bag then not being able to re-enter (Oslo)
Not knowing directions to get from station to hostel upon arrival (free Norwegian wifi to the rescue! Oslo)
Mistyping codes repeatedly for several minutes and almost not getting airport-to-city train tickets (Oslo)
Trying to slide into a hostel room on the floor below mine (Oslo)
Getting temporarily lost despite following the same road, twice (Oslo)
Getting on a tram with only a vague direction of where it was going (Oslo)
Getting on a tram without knowing which stop to get off at or where to go (Oslo)
Leaving a blanket out on hostel bed, which was then stolen with absence unnoticed until departure (Oslo)
Arriving in Bergen without knowing how to get to hostel, AGAIN (also saved by free wifi again; Bergen)
Using an umbrella on days of 20 to 25 mph winds, twice (Bergen)
Not wearing enough clothes for Norway in the winter (shaking heavily at one point; Bergen)
Not wearing gloves in a bitterly windy and perpetually raining city (turned bright pink, picture above; Bergen)
Taking shortcuts cutting through a fenced-off shipyard (Bergen)
Taking the tram up, then walking down a mountain amidst an oncoming storm (Bergen)
March 11, 2014 @ 6:01 pm
It’s a good thing you’re back safe (and wiser.) 🙂
March 17, 2014 @ 8:29 pm
I made lots of mistakes in Berlin and Paris too.
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