After I came home from Switzerland I have felt so alone. There is such an enormous difference in spending one week with so many people and suddenly being alone again.

That has made me think of this old song:
I Gave You All by Return, one of my favourite Norwegian groups back in the 80s. And Im not even a huge fan of the music of the 80s.

Words: S.Hagen, Music: S.Hagen

i feel so alone when the lights go down
when the roaring crowd has gone
walking off the stage the show is finally over
my strengh is drained my will is gone

i lay down on the empty bed
restless toughts run through my head
is it worth all this loneliness
for just one moment of bliss

chorus:
i gave you all i had tonight
all, except my soul
do you think it's strange i feel alone

the silence is so loud i'm lost within without you now
another hotel another town captured in a spell
that never can be broken it's standing on this stage
that makes me carry on

i rest my empty head
remember the crowd and what you did
giving me back the strengh to give my all

chorus

solo

chorus

i feel so alone
when the lights go down
when the roaring crowd has gone

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This feeling might also be caused by massive rainfalls and grey, depressing weather as well.
Though I already feel better than the first days after i came home and I know Ill be ok again,
but still being sick from my cold, with no appetite - I just miss having people around me. My regular friends are mostly off on vacation and people I have learned to love as my new friends are all far away. Thats the hard part of being in an international enviroment. You meet wonderful people that instantly become your good friends and that you really miss when you all separate again. Yes, Anick-Marie, Steven, Vince, Aldo, Roger, Alex, Ben, Sam, Steffi, Gunilla, Birgit, Fernando and all you other wonderful people that I love. Im talking about you!
Bless the Internet and chat tools.

But good thing about Couchsurfing is that at some party you will always see some of them again :D Some months may pass, but in the end you end up meeting them again :D In all this sad rain and loneliness - Its a wonderful world :D !!!!!
Always SOMETHING to look foreward to.

This weekend I was in Arendal visiting my mom and Tron. My sister Ingrid and her boyfriend Christian were there too.

It started on friday as I travelled by bus to Arendal. There are some wonders in this country. One of them is the http://www.bbox.no internet ON the bus. I had so much fun while travelling. I was picked up by Tron and taken to the house. We had some fun first, then we headed to the groceries store to pick up some food for the weekend. When we came back, my mom and Tron had a birthday party to attend. A 93 year celebration. Ingrid, Christian and myself stayed at the dock and had a bbq there while the sun set. When it got colder and dark we all went inside and had a relaxing evening.

For Saturday we woke up and got ready to go to Arendal to look at the BMW Grand Prix party for Class 1 Offshore Power Boats.

We did some shopping before the race started at 3pm and it was great till the rain started pooring down.

Here is a youtube presentation made by: user powerboat170.
Direct link: See here:

After the race we went to the town mall while it still rained and then mom, Ingrid and Tron continued shopping while Christian and myself went to the car. There we both slept an hour. Myself in the back of the car and him in the front seat.
The others joined us an hour later and we all went home to make dinner. It was a nice evening and we had fun watching TV and playing cards together.
Though my body was not so fond of having become wet previous that day and I started coughing again towards the night.

Sunday I woke up with a fever. I was totally exhausted and just wanted to sleep. I was not much company for anyone. Ingrid and Christian took me to the bus stop and I went back to Oslo. Traffic was terrible and we spent like 2 hours more than normal to get in. Luckily I had Internet on the bus again and I also continued reading my book. The book thief (see switzerland entry for more info)

I got home and the cat was truly happy to have me home again. :D Awesome little creature !

Summer is here and its so wonderful. Lazy afternoons spent at the beach, barbequeing with friends, movies and tanning have been well appreciated.
Temps are around 32C in the shadow. Norway now feels like some hot tropic destination and its so beautiful !!

Im really happy about this. Only thing is. I wish I had vacation !