A touch of home

After finishing yet another book I ended up going hunting for a new one, even thou I had made up my mind not to buy one until I got to Qatar. But as the minutes passed and I had read the main sections about Eastern Africa and Kenya in my Lonely Planet book, I understood that there was no postponing it and I popped into the first book store I could find.

Not knowing what I wanted to read I scanned the shelves to see if my eyes landed upon something that might catch my attention. And they did. It wasn’t a book I was looking for or a book I wanted to read for that matter, but a book that you seldom find amongst all its big brothers. It was the Lonely Planet Norway. I took it down to do some further investigation on what these ppl seeing Norway inside from the outside had to say about it.

I read thru the introduction and took a quick stop by Kristiansand which made me chuckle with amusement. As I kept flicking I eventually stopped at the small selection of pictures the book provides. There were pictures from Ålesund, stavkirken, Lofoten, bryggen in Bergen and many others. I turned another page and was faced with a close-up picture of Nidarosdomen. As my fingers ran across the picture I could almost feel myself standing in front of it looking up at the enormous cathedral from that exact angle like I’ve done many times. To my surprise I felt a tear on my cheek.

I guess the heart longs for home, thou the mind seek adventures