Norway by the Numbers

I thought I would conclude this series of posts on traveling in Norway with the notes I took on my phone as the trip wrapped up.

4 cars: 2 cars to airport, 2 cars home
5 planes: 2 planes from Pittsburgh to Oslo, 1 from Bergen, 2 home
6 trains: 1 train from Oslo Airport, 1 to Myrdal, 1 to Flåm, 1 to Bergen, 1 train from Oslo Airport to town, 1 train to hostel, and 1 back to Oslo airport
3 trams: 1 to Geilo (odd for a long-distance route), 1 to university, 1 to museum
5 subways (T-Metro): 1 to university, 1 to dinner, 1 to hostel, 1 to university, 1 toward airport
1 ferry boat
2 buses at Reykjavik Airport, 1 bus to Voss, 1 to dinner and 1 to drinks in Oslo
1 gondola
1 funicular
1 taxi to the Bergen Airport after we missed the bus
2 walks, 1 hike
Countless waterfalls for me, +1 for E.R. (took a walk while I read a book by the lake in Voss)
4 museums (3 art, 1 history)
2 saunas
3 cups hot chocolate
2 scoops gelato, 1 scoop ice cream
1 huldra
0 trolls
1 pat down in the Reykjavik airport

Lost items: 1 sleep mask (E.R.'s)
Left items: 1 blouse (in the Pittsburgh Airport because the armpit seam had torn), 1 umbrella (in Oslo when it was needed in Bergen), 1 large bottle of shampoo (in Bergen Airport because it couldn't come through airport security), 1 pair of khakis (at my Oslo AirBnB because they were at the end of their life)

Gained items: second-hand Norwegian sweater, new Norwegian gloves, 3 kinds of dried sausage (whale, reindeer, moose), 2 jars cloudberry jam, 2 magnets, 1 postcard

Useful purchases: waterproof jacket to go with the waterproof ski pants I already owned, fast track at the Bergen Airport to get through security

Tried for the first time: Norwegian brown cheese, Bergen soup, reindeer and whale meat, whale/reindeer/moose sausage, cloudberry jam, lefsa, Norwegian pancakes, Dubai chocolate, Tupla chocolate bar (Finnish), ayran (Turkish milk drink), honey mead, and pretty much all of this Iceland Air lunch box