travelling fever

"I've got a fever that so hard to bear ":) I am leaving for South Africa in one week now. I have a lot to do, but I am so restless and unorganized as usual, that I am just hanging out doing random things, searching the internet, listening non-stop to 2pac and smoking some cigarettes. I am so afraid that I forgot to do something really important, most likely some kind of paper work of vital importance. But today I got the most urgent paper: my VISA! Yeah.

Where are my thoughts? I'm picturing how this city at the tip of Africa looks like, my university is situated at the foot of a mountain. Looks very pretty. I'm gonna live in Rondebosch, already got my room and all.

What is so hard about this farewell from Bergen though? (cause it seems very tough right now). I am saying good-bye to Fantoft, my home for the last couple of years. I am farewelling Bergen, my hometown for the last three years. The places are not so hard to leave, I guess, it's more all my excellent friends here that are causing me this heartache I'm feeling (yes, I'm in a poetic mood); Siri, my neighbour, Ane and the rest of the Betties (the band I have to leave now), Simone, my italian boyfriend, Stefano, his best friend and my best buddy. Hehe. Josefin, my good friend from Universtiy and so much more. Laila, Diego and many more of my beloved neighbours in Fantoft. And my family, that I already said good-bye to some weeks ago. My youngest nephew Frej will be twice as big when I see him again I guess. Oh, and all the other friends.. that I will miss so much. Also the once in Oslo that I don't see so often, but that I think about alot, like Christel from home, and Gunvor, Silje and Birgitte, my former flatmates and Krisitn SL the soon-to-be doctor. So many tears, so many good-byes. Also Silje M. in the north that I unfortunately didn't have the possibility to visit before I left, I will miss alot. And Jackie girl in Ireland.

All in all I feel ready to leave. Klar som et egg:)

I'm starting a new era of my life. I will be spending 6 months in South Africa, then I will go to Rome, Italy to celebrate New Years eve (Capodanno). My next moves after that are for the moment uncertain.

What makes it's easier, and less scarier to go, is that I am not alone. Ingrid will be there, and that is just fantastic. We are going to live in rooms next to each other for a whole semester (good luck Ingrid! ;)). I've heard that there will be rain and cold awaiting me in Cape Town. Strange, I never thought I'd be going to Africa packing warmer clothes than I am wearing in Norway. I knew Cape Town had winters, but you know, it's Africa..

So, I'm still in Norway, but my mind is elswhere. Soon going.. this travelling fever is really kicki'n in. "What a lovely way to burn":)

Check the lyrics for "fever" by Ella Fitzgerald.