Nothing happened today!

Since I had the opportunity to stay in a hotel last night, I slept a lot. Very long... until 12 o'clock. So I overslept the day.

Then I went down to the reception and apologized for sleeping so long. And asked if I could stay for another night here and how much it costs.

She looked at the computer and said that I slept for free last night. She called her boss.

Result: I'm currently paying for 2 nights including meals, 200NOK, which is 20€. I thanked her very much.

By the way, this is the hotel where I sleep for free and "only" have to pay for the meals. It's really good.

Today I was just outside for a short time to see the beach.

With the beautiful view of the mountains. One could say that Norway is the Alps on or rather in the Baltic Sea (as an East German, there is only the Baltic Sea).

Since there are not always hospitals or doctors everywhere in Noraway, there are helipads here.

From where you will be flown to the hospital. If the weather is so bad that no helicopter can fly, there are ambulances in the slightly larger towns. They also make house calls. There is also a doctor at the base station. However, they are more general practitioners. If something special happens, you will be taken away.

Here, by the way, there are cars with green license plates that you should know about when hitchhiking. These cars have a maximum of three seats, but usually only two. Don't even hope to be picked up.

This is what I had to eat today, in my all-inclusive hotel for 10€ per night. I'm still shocked. No one in Germany would do something like that. A meal like the one I got there usually costs at least 15€ here. And in Norway, you get a carafe of water in every restaurant, free of charge, and when it's empty, you get a new one. And yes, there is meat again this time, it really gets tough to eat only vegetarian on such a trip.

After I was able to dry everything earlier, I realized that there is a hole or a crack in my tent floor.

Since I was able to relax a bit and Google where I'm going to drive to now. I have arrived at the following.

From the hotel in Innhavet it is 1250km by car. If I manage at least 300km a day, it will take me about four days, which is quite realistic. Probably five though. From Oslo I would take the train to Trelleborg and then take the ferry to Germany. And then I think from Rostock home. Maybe I can find someone on the coast where I can sleep 😉. So I estimate that I will be home in about 8 days.

It's really relaxing to look out the window and see it snowing while sitting inside in the warmth.

Today is a bit of an information day 😅.

Everyone who has met me or given me a ride has asked why I'm doing this in winter and not in summer. Well... everyone does it in summer. And it's true, there are so many hitchhikers on the road in summer that there are almost queues of people waiting to be picked up. And some of those who gave me a ride didn't want to stop at all. But in winter or in the uncomfortable season, it's different. You get picked up faster than in winter. Even if you're bundled up because of the cold, wind, snow, and darkness, with only your eyes peeking out.

As I was walking around in the town or village earlier, I was walking on the street the whole time until I saw that there was a sidewalk 1m next to me. I even walk on the motorways here. I think I could get into some trouble in Germany if I do that there too.

Actually, I should only ask Doro for the sake of interest how it looks here with vitamin D and how much she takes per day.

Well, amusingly, they didn't think much about that. They were more concerned about omega-3 fatty acids and for that, they take a teaspoon of "cod liver oil" per day (probably spelled wrong). It's cod liver oil and it has practically everything in it. Even the doctor I met couldn't tell me the exact dosage, it also depends on the person. Because vitamin D has a limit, there are "boosters" that can exceed it briefly, but in the long run, it's not effective and unhealthy. Otherwise, eat a lot of fish and liver 😅.

The people here, or further north, are also looking forward to January 24th, when they will see the sun for the first time and not just the sunbeams.