From fb0d7b641172dbffbbb30ca43595907b112955d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pim van Pelt Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 17:39:57 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add Weds, fly from OSL to ZRH --- content/blog/wk9day2.md | 3 +- content/blog/wk9day3.md | 70 ++++++++++++++++++- static/img/fullsize/2024-09-24/IMG_1577.JPG | 3 + static/img/fullsize/2024-09-25/IMG_1579.JPG | 3 + static/img/fullsize/2024-09-25/IMG_1581.JPG | 3 + static/img/fullsize/2024-09-25/IMG_1582.JPG | 3 + static/img/fullsize/2024-09-25/IMG_1584.JPG | 3 + static/img/fullsize/2024-09-25/IMG_1586.JPG | 3 + static/img/headline/kushsessions-006.png | 3 + static/img/headline/timeoutmelodies.png | 3 + static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-24/IMG_1577.JPG | 3 + static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-25/IMG_1579.JPG | 3 + static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-25/IMG_1581.JPG | 3 + static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-25/IMG_1582.JPG | 3 + static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-25/IMG_1584.JPG | 3 + static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-25/IMG_1586.JPG | 3 + 16 files changed, 111 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) create mode 100644 static/img/fullsize/2024-09-24/IMG_1577.JPG create mode 100644 static/img/fullsize/2024-09-25/IMG_1579.JPG create mode 100644 static/img/fullsize/2024-09-25/IMG_1581.JPG create mode 100644 static/img/fullsize/2024-09-25/IMG_1582.JPG create mode 100644 static/img/fullsize/2024-09-25/IMG_1584.JPG create mode 100644 static/img/fullsize/2024-09-25/IMG_1586.JPG create mode 100644 static/img/headline/kushsessions-006.png create mode 100644 static/img/headline/timeoutmelodies.png create mode 100644 static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-24/IMG_1577.JPG create mode 100644 static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-25/IMG_1579.JPG create mode 100644 static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-25/IMG_1581.JPG create mode 100644 static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-25/IMG_1582.JPG create mode 100644 static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-25/IMG_1584.JPG create mode 100644 static/img/thumbnails/2024-09-25/IMG_1586.JPG diff --git a/content/blog/wk9day2.md b/content/blog/wk9day2.md index ad02314..09c7975 100644 --- a/content/blog/wk9day2.md +++ b/content/blog/wk9day2.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: "Week 9, Tuesday: NONOG-6/NIX in Oslo" date: 2024-09-24T21:55:00+02:00 --- -{{< image frame="true" width="17em" float="right" src="/img/headline/todo.png" alt="Credit: " >}} +{{< image frame="true" width="17em" float="right" src="/img/headline/kushsessions-05.png" alt="Credit: KushSessions, YouTube" >}} This morning I took a quick breakfast at the hotel and made the 1km walk through a light drizzle to the venue of the sixth Norwegian Network Operators Group meeting, organized together with the @@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ language you speak, [[check it out](https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/de-fus {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-25/IMG_1580.JPG" caption="My NONOG badge this year, and I heard the 'my first time' was the most popular sticker!" >}} {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-24/IMG_1568.JPG" caption="The optical measurement device for AOC/DAC/QSFP-DD that was discussed. It's pretty neat" >}} {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-24/IMG_1570.JPG" caption="A selfie with the audience of my VPP talk at NONOG-6 in Oslo." >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-24/IMG_1577.JPG" caption="Marius from NONOG orgo team is supercool and I'm glad I got to meet him." >}} {{< /gallery-category >}} {{< gallery-modal >}} diff --git a/content/blog/wk9day3.md b/content/blog/wk9day3.md index 3bb7f12..5975d22 100644 --- a/content/blog/wk9day3.md +++ b/content/blog/wk9day3.md @@ -1,7 +1,71 @@ --- -title: "Week 9, Wednesday:" +title: "Week 9, Wednesday: Oslo to Zurich" date: 2024-09-25T21:55:00+02:00 -draft: true --- -{{< image frame="true" width="17em" float="right" src="/img/headline/todo.png" alt="Credit: " >}} +{{< image frame="true" width="17em" float="right" src="/img/headline/timeoutmelodies.png" alt="Credit: TimeOutMelodies, YouTube" >}} + +Today was mostly consumed the traveling from Norway back to Switzerland. Our flight today is at +14:00 which gives us ample time to sleep in. We get out of bed at around 10:00, pack our bags and +have a good breakfast at our Thon hotel. We debate doing something in the City, there's still a few +more things we could might maybe see, but all four of our feet are not really in the walking mood, +so we decide to simply go to the airport early and hang out there. + +Fun story: we could not manage to find the FLY ticket vending machine! We did find the actual trains +on the platform, but not the tix... and we also caught the local public transport company on a +little bit of a fib. On their website as well as in their mobile phone app, they say "one ticket for +ll public transportation". Except FLY that is. That train is not available in the app :) But, not to +worry, we can also take the normal regional train which is half the price and only two minutes +later, and what's more: the tickets are available in the _Ruter_ app. Huzzah for failure! + +We take one more selfie in front of the Oslo _Sentralstasjon_ (English: Main Station), and then our +train takes about half an hour or so, and stops in Lillestrøm before hitting the airport +train station. It's raining a little bit, but that's OK because we're all indoors from here on. + +Since we'll be landing at 16:30 or so, we do decide to take a light lunch. Marina eats a Lasagna and +I take a salad and a Ramen. For airport food, they're actually pretty great. We find our gate and +get into the Embraer E195, a smaller plane than on the way out here. When we take our seat, I hear +an English on the cabin intercom that sounds awfully familiar, and I prompt Marina that I think we +have a Dutch crew. She is not too sure. + +A little bit later, the first officer does his blurb on the flight today, and I again hear a pretty +clear indication of Dutchism. Marina is still not sure. + +Before takeoff, though, the flight attendant comes round with the classic swiss chocolates in the +basket. He reaches over to me, I take one (which I normally don't do, bceause I do not like sweet +chocolate), and I say "Dankje!", and the guy responds "Alsje!", and BINGO. I prod Marina who also +heard it - there is no more doubt left: this mannerism to answer Dutch with Dutch, but moreover +to shorthand "Alsje" instead of "Alstublieft" is typically only done by native speakers. I nailed +it! + +Our flight is two and a half hours and overall pleasant. We're seated in row 34 on a micro airplane +that has 35 rows of two seats. After we land, getting out is somewhat more of an issue. It takes a +long time, particularly for Marina, who really needs to go to the bathroom, poor thing. But, after +deplaneing, we are very quickly City-side and we both have a little tinkle. + +We could really use a normal, that is to say homecooked meal for once. We go to Migros at the +airport and buy an _AGV_ which is a household abbreviation for _Aardappelen, Groente, Vlees_ +(English: Potatoes, Vegetables, Meat): sausage, potatoes and sautéed mangold with onions; +Quinn, Marina and I all pitch in with the prep work, and we decide to +1 the mean with gravy. As +much as I like going out to dinner, I really really like a nice AGV from time to time :) + +In the evening we hold on to Norway by watching a few episodes of _Lilyhammer_, a hilarious series +on Netflix. Steven van Zandt plays a east coast gangster who is in witness protection and relocates +to the town of Lillehammer, Norway. It turns out, you can take the gangster out of new york, but you +can't stop him from still being gangster. I love this series so much! + +As Marina goes to bed early, I spend a few more hours downstairs doing some _digital gardening_. +Tomorrow, I get to re-pack my bags and head off to Paris for FRNOG'40. + +## Pictures of the Day + +{{< gallery-category >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-25/IMG_1579.JPG" caption="Our modest hotel room with packed bags. The nice thing was: it was really in the smack center of Oslo. The less good thing: construction from 06:30 onwwards ..." >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-25/IMG_1581.JPG" caption="Our last selfie in front of Oslo main station, before heading off to the airport" >}} + {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-25/IMG_1582.JPG" caption="Our lunch: Lasagna, Ramen and a salad. 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