“The Longest Day”… first there was the Cornelius Ryan book… which became Darryl F. Zanuck Oscar nominated movie… and then there was our trip from Toronto to Trondheim!
While this is being recorded as a Ducksoup Blog “Doug & Elaine’s Travel Blog” the reason for our trip was work related and so could have been one of “Doug’s Travels” blogs.
In my role as the HP Canada Digital Hospital Program Technical Architect, I was part of a group hosting Hôpital Fleurimont (CHUS) from Sherbrooke, QC at the St. Olav’s University Hospital in Trondheim, Norway.
Our travels began on November 11, 2007 when we drove from Sarnia to Toronto Pearson Airport. We had an overnight flight on Air Canada from Toronto to Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was an interesting experience to clear customs and immigration in Germany being desperately jet-lagged after minimal sleep during the flight.
We had quite a layover, so we wandered about and actually went out of the secure-side just to get a breath of fresh air. Then we had to somewhat hurry back through security and find our gate in time to catch our slight to Oslo on SAS Airlines.
We arrived in Oslo a bit late and were worried about making connections, but as we were now inside the EU, there was no customs & immigration to worry about! We again had time to pop out to catch some fresh air!
Another SAS flight, on a Dash 8 puddle jumper, took us from Oslo to Trondheim. As the city is within the confines of a fjord, the airport is a 45 minute bus ride from downtown.
So approximately 27 hours after we arrived in Toronto, we arrived around supper time at the Radisson Blu Royal Garden Hotel in downtown Trondheim, Norway!
We met up with a couple of workmates, had some supper at the hotel and crashed!
The next blog will highlight our planned downtime day in the city of Trondheim!