Hamburg - Copenhagen - Södertälje

It feels good finally being back in Scandinavia! Back to similar languages, same culture and nordic nature. We woke up early to take the 08:43 train to Flensburg. Thereafter, we took another train to Copenhagen and then further up to Södertälje in Sweden. We had reserved seats in the direction Flensberg - Copenhagen as well as Copenhagen - Södertälje, but on our way to Copenhagen we stumbled on a problem. After being on the train for little over an hour, when we reached Denmark and had a stop on the 5th station, a group of middle aged corpulent women with their bicycles entered the wagon. (About 20 of them) Mie and I, sat in our seats minding our own business when one of them claimed with astounding impudence that the seats num. 71 and 73 was reserved for herself and a friend. We showed her the reservation ticket and called the hostess. She was confused about what to do, but after listening to the lady pleading and saying she wanted to sit next to her friends, she asked us kindly if we could move to some other seats. We were not particularly willing at first, since we already had reserved seats num. 71 and 73 back in Hamburg, but to not seem like two obstinated Norwegians, we followed the hostess to the very first wagon next to the engine driver. 1st class, free coffee/tea, comfortable seats, air-condition and an entirely silent room, we were happy that we yielded to the superiority after all. The hostess came in several times, gave us chocolate and fruit, said she was sorry about the terror in Oslo and thanked us for changing the seats.

Det er deilig å være norsk i Danmark!

Now we're at Scandic hotel in Södertälje in Sweden, just outside of Stockholm. We'll sleep for a few hours before we're on our way home at 08:53 in the morning. We're expecting to be in Norway at 14:12. :-)