Arriving in Norway
My arrival in Norway was not quite what I expected.
I knew I had to go to quarantine for 10 days and get tested for Covid.
But I would still be allowed to shop for necessities and go out for walks.
The quarantine simply means that I cannot be in direct contact with others.
So first after arriving in my apartment I called the Legevakt to get an appointment for a Covid test. They gave me one for 15:09 so around 14:30 I started driving there.
The test was rather painful than uncomfortable and almost 24 hours later my left nostril still feels like I had too much speed last night.
On the way back I went to an electronics store to buy the LAN-cable I needed to connect to the internet. 150 kr translate to roughly 15€. Shit.
To curb my frustration I went to the water next to the mall and smoked a cigarette, then went to get a whacky chilli-cheese-burger from Burger King for 20 kr. What a waste of money.
Back in the apartment I realized that I do not only need one, but two LAN-cables. Being to lazy to drive all the way back to Horten I typed “Computer” into Google Maps and found Itland Data right next to my door.
I called and the guy seemed surprised by my call but after a while understood my issue and promised to look for a cable and call me back. If he'd not called me back in an hour or so I should call him back to remind him.
I tried to call another Google Maps Pin but didn't reach him, so I walked to the port of the village to spend the remaining hour there. On my way to the tip of the pier a guy was working on the mast of a small sailboat.
I stopped by because just silently walking past him seemed to impolite and the chances of infecting him with Covid seemed really small in that open space. He explained to me that the boat had been abandoned for a while and now he was exchanging the ropes inside the mast.
I kept going to the tip of the pier and after a while called the IT guy again. He seemed to have completely forgotten my call but when I explained my matter to him again he understood and told me that he could make such a cable for me and I could pick it up in half an hour.
On my way back I talked to the boat guy again and got into a really nice conversation with him. I told him that I would love to help him with his work but because of the quarantine rule I would not want to come to close to him.
He told me that he is not worried at all and that only I have to be careful not to be caught by the police because they'd make me pay 20.000 kr.
But if I wanted a hit from a joint, I should come back in around an hour.
Meanwhile the cable guy was getting nervous because he was waiting for me but I was still taking my time as he had advised me. So I told him that I would be there in 15 minutes. I emptied my apple juice and said goodbye.
Arriving at Itland Data I called the cable guy to ask if I'm in the right place. No, I wasn't. Trying to find the right place in Borre turned out impossible, but as soon as I understood “Johannessen Servlab” through the phone, I knew I had accidentally called the second guy and had to go a bit to Horten, so I picked up my bike and went there to pick up a hand-made, tested, CAT6-cable. Awesome!
Then I went to a supermarket to get a beer for myself and the boat guy but had to find out that it was just after 8 and they can't sell it after 8.
So I went back to the harbor without beer but just when I arrived the boat guy and his girlfriend were trying to get the mast back up. My arrival came just at the right time for them, so I could help them raise the mast.