Good morning!

Today I wake up sore, but with a good feeling! I just have never realized how much of a "nervous worrier" I can be! There are so many personal lessons already introduced to me on my travels! Of course I wake up very focused on making sure my luggage is ready to go at 7am (1am SC time) and all I can think about is... what is my bag does not make it to Bergen???! What will I possibly do.... ?

The wonderful people at the front desk, I swear, have found such humor in me!! The very kindly let me know that there is no reason to have my bag down, they will call when the porter service arrives! So I wheel back up to my room and enjoy some coffee and wait! After checking and sending a few emails, I get the call and now my luggage is off somewhere! While down there I have a wonderful conversation with the reception (who have come to know me very well in just 2 days)... I am really getting the feeling it truly is a Norwegian characteristic to not worry! I trust in the system and in the people around you. I can not help but contrast that with the way of life I think most of us live at home.

Norwegians are by nature very honest, sincere and genuine. Those I have met and talked to in just a few short days, have shown me that worrying about why this has happened and what I need to do to fix every part of it really has very little effect on the outcome. I need to take their advice and just take each experience as it comes. All of these lessons....

I am going to head to breakfast and then to the train station. Even though I am anxious, I am going to try and "walk on the ground just in front of me" (as my new friend Joakim stated yesterday) and just hope the Norwegian way will get me through!

I will let you know... I will be on a train for most of the day as I make my way to the the beautiful town of Flam. There for overnight and enjoy what I hear is an incredible fjord! I will check in when I can!