In Norway!
I (Hrefna) am in Norway! As of today! Until Thursday morning! Why? Because I decided to be adventurous and gullible at the same time.
The backstory is that last May, the managing director of RHnet (they have an astoundingly bare-bones website) contacted me seeking my assistance with a couple of conferences on networks (the data kind, not the people kind). As it happened I was then in bed with pneumonia, so I politely declined.
Fast forward a few months and the director again came knocking on my door. This time he asked me to be on the program committee for next year’s NORDUnet conference. I was struck with a longing to do something ‘different’ from my usual routine, so I said yes, even though I know little to nothing about networks I figured that it might be good experience and educational at the same time.
Little did I know though that a few days later I’d get a summons to go to Norway in October, but that’s what happened and here I am!
My SAS airplane. It was old-ish but got the job done.
I think this is Eyrarbakki...
Saying goodbye to Iceland...
It turns out Norway is positively furry with all its tall trees!
It's interesting to view how they've chopped down trees in some places, and new ones are growing back.
Pretty light.
Gardermoen airport. A new shiny thing.
The view from my hotel window.
My nice little hotel room. I asked to be away from the trams and ended up on the top floor. 🙂
The bathroom.
For dinner I followed tripadvisor.com‘s advice and ate at Tullin’s Cafe. I got a nice salad and dessert and it was pretty nice although the place was so crowded it was pretty loud.
Afterwards the stress of prepping for the trip and/or Finnur’s bug caught up with me and I went to bed with a massive headache. Thank goodness for front desks with headache pills!
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