I cannot believe this.... I am actually on the train with a backpack, sleeping bag (yes it is attached to the backpack but it remains to be seen if it will enclose me tonight...), skis and a boot bag! I have never traveled to go skiing by ski bus or ski train so this this is very exciting.
I am on Bergensbane, which means the train travels on a train track going all the way across Norway to Bergen! Sounds impressive when you have seen the Norwegian landscape!
Bought a first class ticket which actually means that you have electricity in the seat for your computer and you get free coffee, even cappuccino appears in the coffee machine. and only for 14 dollars more! And the seat even folds back! Wonder if the passengers in monkey class have that option!?
I am sitting backwards which I think means I am going back in time...only for us 40 and over, since backwards traveling has extra perks! First of all by sitting backwards on the train you actually stop the aging process... That is a service NSB offers us over 40! To actually guarantee a backwards sitting seat you only have to add 7 dollars! Compare this with a facelift, botox, detox, fillers etc! You just paid for your whole vacation by saving...
Second, by traveling in NSB Komfort class sitting close to the coffee machine helps calm many power and control happy business people. They can control, and feel like they own coffee machine! And by pressing the coffee type they like, they get just what they wanted! Of course, being in a almost non-Starbucks country, a non-fat soya macchiato is not an option.
A third service included is the 'ear check'. By traveling backwards you are caught off guard upon entering the many tunnels the train goes through. This actions tests the pressure in your ears and lets you know if you have accumulated water in them after your morning shower. Always good to know so you can empty them out prior to your next shower to avoid drowning.
I took the train all the time during my student years in Sweden in the 80s due to not having money for a long wished for car and now I am a student in Norway and I am back on the train! This time not wishing to have a car. Can this be a small part of the more modern circle of living life today with the trillion options everyone has and everything being allowed?
The older couple next to me, their eyes popping out as travelers from all over the world fall into the cabin with skis, boots, backpacks, PCs, coffee mugs, music in their ears, finally lost their cool when their Coke bottle exploded as they tried to open it, splashing everyone within a meters radius. Now they too are talking to fellow travelers, not just staring. Good ice breaker.
30 minutes out of Oslo, the landscapes opens up and mountains arise, ice covered lakes, snow covered forests appear. Norway is beautiful and traveling backwards I get to savor the view longer than the travelers not undergoing the NSB anti-aging travel package! The forth perk!
I will need a snack in the form of champagne during the ride since I suffer from all kinds of travel sicknesses! It is actually the preferred and non-scientifically proven best tranquilizer in the anti-aging process as well as it works miracles against train sickness. They have a dinner train car with everything from Norwegian normal priced food to more exclusive! Compared to the rest of the world that means you can only afford sneaking into my class and stealing a free cup of Norwegian coffee with the color of tea.
To astonish me more NSB has even English speaking conductors and speakers speakers! I am impressed but NO champagne! When lunch starts they ovens blow out the enticing gourmet smells into all the train cars....this is marketing on a very basic but intelligent level!
I think I know why! Also in the anti-aging service balance and leg training is offered. The fifth perk! Upon standing up and walking with headphones, music on level 9, phone, iPad and glasses falling down on your nose, you feel this tingling, pulling sensation in your muscles from your stomach down to your big toe. Yes this is the full body work out service. By holding all your 'must have, cannot live without for 2 minutes to get coffee belongings' and almost loosing your glasses and trying to walk, the train challenges you with wobbling and turning, forcing you to compensate with your lower body in order not to get to know your fellow travelers chest first.
Six! NSB also offers a dating, meeting service. By challenging you physically walking to the coffee machine, it randomly throws you into the lap of a total stranger. After that it is up to you how you handle the spilled coffee, the scattered iPad, headphones and glasses.
Seven! I almost forgot, the ticket counter works as well! However, the NSB App that creates a beautiful barcode out if your ticket cannot be used by the conductor...he has no scanner! He will ask you to press the barcode to miraculously let NSB know you have activated your ticket. Norway in a nutshell; full of technology but few actually use it full out. Looks very good though and I was not kicked off the train so something worked.
So at 45, back on a train, I think I a, doing OK! It is just the champagne withdrawal that itches.
Saturday, November 23, 2013
The ultimate feelgood beauty experience in Oslo!
Beth's Beauty, Oslo - once again amazing service!
Amazing, every time I turn to them I get service well above what I already expect! Beth's Beauty has what it takes to handle all your beauty and well being needs, male or female! I have been going there for very many years now and followed the establishment's development and growth! As other beauty places come and go (in Oslo there are very many of them), Beth's Beauty grows in knowledge, customer satisfaction and seniority! Elisabeth Lien, the amazing owner really knows how to grow in a serious and humble way. Her business ethics are outstanding and her service mindedness has no boundaries!
Need to have a feel good hour, day, experience? Visit Beth's Beauty in Olso!
Phone: 0047 22 55 53 80 Address: Niels Juels Gate 38, 0257 Oslo Emal: njg@beths.no
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