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vineri, 16 septembrie 2011

Intoarcerea spre casa 27-30.08.2011

Intoarcerea in Romanica se datoareaza unei combinatii de factori independenti unul de altul. Nu pot spune ca unu motiv este mai important decat celelalte sau mai bine spus, toate sunt la fel de importante. In primul rand situatia familiala mi-a impus sa ma intorc (stare de sanatate foarte scazuta a tatalui meu) acasa. In al doilea rand muntii de acasa si libertatea de a le cutreiera vaile, dealurile si crestele a infrant placerea de a vedea si posibilitatea de a colinda semetii Alpi Scandinavi. In al treilea rand toata situatia creata de catre cei de la DRH, scoala prin care venisem aici cu intentii bune.
E adevarat ca in toata experienta/aventura asta am vazut foarte multe lucruri. Am vazut, din pacate, ca in toata lumea, fuga dupa bani atinge cote maxime. Chiar si in Norvegia, tara in care toate pareau sa mearga ceas. Raman cu convingerea ca Norvegia este o tara superba, sunt extrem de multe locuri de vazut, peisajele sunt de vis si nu pot fi uitate niciodata, natura isi apara si ii sunt aparate drepturile. Fara a veni aici, nu stiu cand aveam sansa de a ma plimba in stepa norvegiana (Bulonhytta), de a face autostopul gratis pe distante de sute de kilometri, de a reveni pe coasta vestica a peninsulei scandinave printre fiorduri, zeci de insule, pereti impunatori, pete de zapada vesnica la altitudini de pana la 2000 de metri, de a balauri prin micile si verzile lor insule, de a-mi face noi prieteni in toata lumea...

Afland in ultimul timp ca acasa situatia nu e prea roz, iau decizia de a ma intoarce acasa. Este o decizie destul de grea fiindca eu ma gandeam sa raman in Norvegia, fiindca las aici un coleg bun, Adi, cu care facusem echipa buna, fiindca trebuie sa plec din tara care mi-a placut si care imi place...Dar asta este, unitatea familiei este pana la urma mai importanta decat orice, indiferent de conditiile in care traiesti! Asa ca incepe drumul spre casa. Am cateva lucruri ramase la scoala si ca urmare trebuie sa trec pe acolo ca sa le iau si ca sa anunt ca trebuie sa ma intorc acasa pentru o vreme. Gasesc pe internet cel mai ieftin bilet spre casa din Oslo. Aveam o varianta sa merg prin Stavanger si sa stau cateva zile la un alt bun prieten, Bogdan, cu care am impartit lucrurile bune si mai putin bune in 10 luni de stat in Norvegia si nu numai. Prietenia ramane pe viata. Dar trebuie sa mai aman cateva zile si asta e imposibil. Imi iau bilet de avion pentru marti 30 august fiindca imi trebuie niste zile de rezerva pana la Oslo. Sambata, 27 august, imi iau "la revedere" de la Adi si plec cu doi rucsaci (unul mare si unul mic) sa traversez tara spre Lillehammer. Pornesc cu autobuzul pana in Moa, ultimul punct de iesire din Ålesund. Aici stau o ora si ceva fara succes si un norvegian imi indica un loc bun la vreo 2 km mai incolo. Pe ploaie ma indrept intr-acolo si am noroc destul de repede cu un localnic care merge cu caiacele cu o prietena pe un lac de munte. Asa ca ma duce vreo 30 de km pana intr-un alt loc de parcare. De aici plec in 20-30 de minute cu un norvegian pana in Sjøholt cu multe emotii cu motorina care este pe sfarsite. Ii port noroc si ajungem in benzinaria din aceasta localitate. Din Sjøholt am noroc cu un predicator-cantaret care ma duce pana in Åndalsnes. E un om foarte deschis care a fost prin toata lumea si chiar peste vreo saptamana se duce in Zambia. Vorbim despre credinta, despre calatorii, aventuri si de toate, incercam sa facem o unitate intre toate religiile si sa ajungem la cea "corecta" (din punctul meu de vedere nu exista credinta corecta, fiecare e doar un alt mod de a vedea lucrurile), imi povesteste despre norvegieni care au plecat in Canada cu mult timp in urma si care s-au intors fiindca "tot acasa e mai bine" (or fi cei care au donat Rundstua orasului Ålesund?) si ajung undeva in jurul orei 16.00 in Åndalsnes. Aici ma lasa in drumul spre Dombås care trece prin frumoase canioane. 
Incerc pentru vreo jumatate de ora autostopul si ploaia ma obliga sa merg pe jos cativa kilometri. De fapt sunt vreo 4 km pana la intrarea spre Geiranger si Trollstigen fiindca nici un tir nu opreste sa ma ia. Nici o problema, d-asta am rezervat atata timp pana la avion! Inainte de intrarea pe acest drum e un loc de parcare/statie de autobuz si aici am bafta de o dubita care ma ia tocmai pana in Øyer (adica trecem doar cu o mica pauza prin Dombås). In Øyer vorbesc cu niste colegi de scoala care vin din clothes collection exact de pe coasta de vest si ma ajuta ei sa ajung pana la scoala sus in munti in Hornsjø. Ajungem undeva in jurul orei 20.30 si ma primesc toti cu bratele deschise. Se intristeaza cand le spun ca trebuie sa ma duc pentru o perioada acasa din cauza unor probleme de sanatate. Am bilet dus-intors si sansa de a ma intoarce e mare in conditiile in care gasesc acasa ceva mai bine. N-a fost sa fie asa si sper ca nu s-a suparat nimeni pe mine din cauza asta. La scoala toti prietenii ma primesc cu bratele deschise si stam la povesti sambata seara si duminica dimineata. 
A doua zi o echipa pleaca la clothes collection in Trondheim si primesc ajutorul lor sa cobor pana in Øyer. E nesperat de mare ajutorul in locurile astea unde trec doar cateva masini pe zi! Le multumesc si de aici incepe aventura pana in Oslo. Merg aproape 2 km pana la un loc de autostop in sud unde astept pe ploaie vreo doua ore. Am bafta si ma ia un norvegian care imi spuen ca merge pana in Sandvika aproape de Oslo, dar spre vest. Ori aeroportul Oslo Gardermoen de unde am avionul e in nordul orasului. Asa ca ii spun ca merg doar pana in Lillehammer si ma lasa chiar langa gara. Imi iau bilet pana in Oslo (260 NOK) si am de asteptat circa o ora si jumatate pana la primul tren direct (pana la ora 18.00 datorita unor lucrari pe linia ferata se merge cu autocar o parte din drum -autocar asigurat in pretul biletului de catre NSB, compania de cai ferate norvegiana- si apoi cu trenul). Ajung in aeroport in jurul orei 20.15 si acum incepe plictiseala: e abia duminica seara si eu am avion abia marti dimineata. Asa ca, Cezare, pune-te pe filme! Oricum decat sa stai la DRH fara net si cu stres pe cap, mai bine linistit aici. Din cand in cand mai imi iau cate ceva de mancare, pentru toaleta ma ajut cu colegii de "chin" care au si ei de asteptat intre avioane...Activitati de rutina! Ma apuc sa termin o subtitrare in romana la filmul "The wildest dream", traducere si adaptare a subtitrarii din engleza, vad in episoade documentarul "Everest" pe 6 DVD-uri (adica aproape 5 ore in total), mai vad si filmul "Hachi - A dog's tale", o poveste romantica superba despre loialitatea animalelor. prin bunavointa aeroportului si a unui coleg ce tocmai pleca am acces doua ore gratuit la internet (asa repede trec orele astea)... In fine dupa doua nopti in care abia am atipit cateva ore in aeroport, imi pregatesc biletul, fac check-in-ul, las rucsacul mare dupa ce redistribui greutatea si sunt gata sa decolez spre casa. Escala o voi face la Amsterdam, dar timpul foarte scurt intre avioane (1h 20 minute) nu imi permite decat sa trimit cateva mailuri prin care anunt intoarcerea mea acasa. Cu ceva intarziere primul avion decoleaza la ora 9.45.
In 10 minute parasesc Norvegia si ma aflu deasupra Marii Nordului.
Norii sunt veseli si se joaca in toate directiile. Soarele ii indruma si face atmosfera si mai placuta. Suntem la peste 10000 de metri si temperaturile coboara afara pe la -50 si ceva de grade Celsius. Fara probleme pentru echipa de bord ce ne duce spre continentul-mama. 
La 11.00 suntem deasupra Olandei si trecem pe deasupra zecilor de canale si paduri ce ne duc spre capitala Tarilor de Jos. Sa nu uitam ca si pe mare, si pe uscat Olanda foloseste foarte mult energia eoliana. Ca urmare padurile de eoliene sunt destul de dese ;).

La 11.15 aterizam in siguranta in Amsterdam pe o vreme cam ploioasa. Transferul este foarte strans si tot ca si inainte, timpul abia imi permite sa dau cateva mailuri acasa si sa mananc un sandwich. La 12.50 al doilea avion pleaca de la poarta si se pregateste sa decoleze. E ceva coada la decolare si plecam de la sol cu 15-20 de minute intarziere. 

Zborul peste Europa este linistit si placut. Tot timpul ma uit la ecranele ce afiseaza conditiile de zbor ca sa vad ce maxime atingem. Altitudinea maxima urca pana la 12500m si temperatura exterioara ajunge pana la -56 gr C. E foarte placut pe afara si stau cu ochii pe geam mai mereu. Sper sa mai vad ceva localitati cunoscute, jocuri de nori, munti...



Fac socoteala si la 15.51 intru in teritoriul aerian al Romaniei cu norisorul pe care il vedeti in a doua poza de mai sus. In 3 minute vad Apusenii de care ma apropie un dor foarte profund, apoi cobor spre sud peste Parang, zaresc Buila si Capatanii care se evidentiaza fata de relieful din jur si Alpii Transilvani care au o patura de nori drept cusma. 
Culoarul aerian coboara apoi rapid spre sud, mergem paralel cu autostrada Pitesti-Bucuresti si la 16.25 aterizam pe Otopeni. Mai dureaza cateva minute sa iesim din avion si, asa cum estimasem, la ora 17.00 imi recuperez rucsacul si pornesc spre casa cu bucuria de a fi la mine in tara.

A fost o perioada frumoasa si sunt convins ca si de acum incolo vor urma altele la fel de frumoase si interesante. Ce va fi, va fi!

duminică, 7 august 2011

Survival trip to Goteborg 31.07-01.08.2011
Motto: A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality (John Lennon)
This is one of the first team experiences in DRH. It’s very nice that we are supposed to work in team and know each other. At the end of the Introduction week we must test our capability to manage with unknown situations. And the most important, we have to do all without spending money. This means that we have to find free food, free place to sleep, travel as much as possible and communicate with all kind of people. And that’s what we did.
We decided in our group that we’ll spend these two days in pairs. We were lucky because our group has an equal number of men and women and thus we could make man-woman pairs. I went with Ada in a trip with a very close target, Elverum, situated at 104 km from Øyer. We finished our breakfast and were brought to the center of Øyer at about 9.00. Gert drove us to Øyer together with Zsuzsi and Peti. They had to reach Trondheim in north and me and Ada Elverum in south. So we splitted in different directions. We had to walk for about 2 km in south to a stoppage for cars. Ana and Razvan had luck and they were picked up just 50 meters behind us. So we decided to change our target from Elverum to Oslo and wrote a paper with this name. We were lucky and a norwegian woman stopped to help us. Her car was full of baggage and we didn’t think that we’ll find enough place. We completely filled the back of the car and made space for Ada, me and our backpacks. So at 11.15 we were on the way. But not directly to Oslo! This happy norwegian woman went with her 5 years old daughter to a family park near Øyer. The funny blonde girl was so tired on Sunday morning and they decided to go back home in Vikersund. This is our first target! So we went south to Gjøvik on E6 and Rv4. The driver was 36 years old and she had 2 daughters, the older one being in a riding week on a country-side farm. We talked a lot about everything and after 1 hour and 45 minutes of driving we stopped for 15 minutes at Lugnasæter, a restaurant and Shell gas station very familiar for our guide. This complex has a very nice lake behind and a wonderful wooden flourished house nereby.
Our next stop was Hønefoss where we had the next break for the sleepy girl. I admired the small easy caravan (250 kilos) with four beds, kitchen and tent. We left the gas station at 14.10 with Vikersund as target. We spoke a lot about the terrible incident that shaked all Norway one week ago: a norwegian man murdered 77 peoples because they belong to an open-minded party. He was against all foreigners who come in Norway and try to do something here. She showed us the island of the massacre and we continued on the road. We reached Vikersund and, instead of going home for her daughter to sleep, she proposed us to go to one of the highest ski jump ramp in the world. In 2011 the norwegian ski jumper Johan Remen Evensen set the ski flying world record of 246,5m (809 ft).
We went back and she drove us to Rv35 at a gas station where we could take another car to Oslo (15.40). It was so nice to reach this point between Drammen (on Rv35) and Gol (road 280). I remembered this last locality from my trip from Oslo to Bergen with train. As an invitation, I recommend you to go by train on Bergen and Flåm railways. They are some of the most beautiful railways in the world (http://www.nsb.no/BergenRailway/). The nice woman told us that we have only 9 miles to Drammen. And god knows how much this means because the distance is quite long! We walked in a burning sun for about 2 km until a car stopped in the middle of the road and took us. There were two funny norwegian girls and one little girl who were going to an art exhibition in Åmot. We decided that it’s time to go with them. They were amazed by our idea of hitch hiking. On a secondary road to Åmot they let us to wait for another car to Drammen. We waited for less that 5 minutes and an old norwegian with a Lincoln Continental stopped and took us in the fancy car to Hokksund. He told us that if we won’t be picked up by another car he can take us after getting a friend from the neighborhood. He came back in 5 minutes and we went with him to Drammen. Before entering Drammen he asked us if we want to drive slower for us to see the town. He drove on the shore of the river going down to Drammenfjord and I was amazed by the crowd taking sunbath on the sandy shore. It’s extraordinary how norwegians use every minute of sun for them! He entered on E18 highway directly to Oslo. They spoke most of the time in norwegian language but we didn’t care. The driver asked us where we want to go. Sweden is our target now! So he stopped at a gas station on E6 on the way to Swedish border (18.00). We ate something and continued our mission here as DRH volunteers. We investigated with some norwegians the way how the locals receive foreigners and encourage them to get integrated in the society. We tried unsuccessfully to obtain some donations for our school and program. A funny thing is a 15 minutes discussion with a Swedish couple about the way to Goteborg. They advised us about the distance to Goteborg and Stockholm. We decided for the first destination of these two. At the end of discussion we asked if we can go with them. They smiled and showed us their way of moving: two bicycles!!! We all laughed and went to our direction. After one hour we decided to go to south on the highway with the hope to be picked up. After 2-3 km two girls took us to a gas station near Rygge airport. We laughed a lot and they were enthusiastic by our idea if hitch hiking. The English girl (the guest of the norwegian driver) was so amazed and she asked us about DRH school for a friend from England. So we became promoters! They offered us a job at the norwegian girl mother’s house to change her tires and a sunbath in the evening. We had to refuse because we were decided for Goteborg. From the gas station we started another walking part to the south (21.00). In ten minutes a car stopped 100 meters in front of us. He drove back for about ten meters and we went to his car.
“Going to Goteborg?” “Yes” “Up, up!” He was a chilian who knew only Spanish and we were lucky because Ada learned Spanish some time ago. So they spoke for some time until we all got tired. He drove 7 hours before picking us up and he was quite tired. But he continued to drive for some hours for 240 km to Goteborg. Great driver!
At 21.30 we entered EU by passing the boarder to Sweden (Sverige) and continued on the highway. We saw a lot of wind mills and beautiful bridges. Sweden is more flat that Norway and we saw a lot of woods, fog and even some nice deer in the grass.
We passed Uddevalla and reached Goteborg at 23.15. Our excellent driver stopped and let us in a gas station in the city. We thanked him, went inside for some warm up and some food and asked for the direction. We were lucky with some free Yellow Books and had a good map. Some foreigners clarified the place where we were and showed us the way to downtown. We continued to the next gas station and got some other recommendations (00.20). We followed them and I insisted to go downtown in spite of our fatigue. We stayed for a while on Gotaalvbron, a large bridge to the center. I had the occasion to make some night pictures on Gota alv river. We shouldn’t forget about the wild rabbits running in the night on the grass!
In ten minutes we reached the central railway station where we planned to relax and maybe take a nap.
We tried to sleep for about 1 hour on the benches and at 1.30 we were woken up by the guardians. They needed to close the terminal and asked us to go out. We were so sleepy and went out knowing that we have two buses for Oslo at 1.55 and 2.35. The driver of the first bus didn’t understand our situation and refused to take us to Oslo. At the second bus we were lucky and the driver accepted to take us to Uddevalla on two free places. These places remained free and we woke up in Oslo and 6.15. A great way to come back to “our” country!
We were so happy for being here at this hour. We decided to visit Oslo, especially the touristic area. We went on the Opera for landscape and for the last sandwich which Ada shared with a hungry pigeon.
Near the main station Oslo Sentrum Bane Stasjon I explained to Ada the symbol of the Bengali tiger and we found our UFF store (a part of Humana People to People foundation).
I had to make a fast plan for visiting Oslo. We decided to go on the Oslofjord shore to Akerhus castle and after the Main Hall (Rådhus) to turn right and come back on Karl Johans pedestrian road. We walked up in the castle and I showed Ada some of the Oslo museums (Kon Tiki Museum, Fram Museum, Navy Museum, National Armed Forces Museum, Nobel Museum, Norwegian Resistance Museum) and the views from Akerhus.
We went down through Akerhus gardens to the Hall Place situated near the ferry harbor. We went for a few minutes to the park near the Hall and admired the original fountain.
I knew a road which brought us to Theater Metro Station close to the National Theater. We saw the Royal Palace and passed near the german style built university.
I told Ada the story of the first representation in this theater (the fight between Ibsen and Bjørnson for the first representation).
Our next target was the cathedral and we saw two other beautiful churches: the catholic church of St. Olav and the Church of the Holy Trinity.
We reached the place in front of the cathedral and we weren’t so surprised by its size. We had to avoid the Parliament house which was destroyed in the bomb attack and saw a lot of flowers in the memory of the innocent victims. We went down to Karl Johans gate and I bought myself a norwegian model sweater. From here we went to the central station and up on the roads on Rv4. We didn’t know how much we were going to walk before getting out of the city. So we went up to the botanical garden and followed the road Rv4 to Gjøvik. We had to stop at a gas station to refill my camelbag with water and take an ice cream for each of us. We followed the signs and walked for more than an hour to Linderud area and commercial center. I had an idea to use the metro for 13 minutes and cca 10 stations to Vestli and we reached this point at 12.30. We were a little dizzy and manage to find our good direction in a few minutes. We went down to our road and hitch hiked for a new car. We were lucky and a norwegian woman stopped and took us on the road back home. She was a permanent globetrotter and went in a lot of countries in the whole world. Unfortunately she hadn’t been in Romania and she knew most of the negative part of our country. Of course, she also knew about the beauty of Romania from Brasov and surroundings. We continued to talk and we reached Gran at 13.40. This was her destination and we continued to hike for the next car. After 20 minutes of waiting an iraki stopped and picked us up. He was going to Gjøvik, a mountain city on our way back to Øyer. He knew only iraki and norwegian and I talked with him in norwegian about his situation here and in his native country. I found out some information about Iraq labor market and his life as a self employee here in Norway (11 years of running an asian food store). He left us in the center of Gjøvik and in 5 minutes we went up in another car which brought us to Øyer (15.45). We were surprised and happy to meet other three teams and share our experiences before being picked up by the representatives of our school.
It was a great adventure for all of us and we were very happy to strength interpersonal relations and to improve the power of the groups. We had some emotions for other pairs who managed to reach Øyer until midnight. Only 1 ½ groups didn’t manage to come back in that day and we were so glad when they came to Hornsjø to the school! Totally we made 1080 km and we got a prize for the longest trip made in these two days – a big and delicious chocolate!