January 20-29, 2011

We finally got the DVDs we had ordered from France when we were in Tahiti and were anxiously following the tracking information of the two other packages we were waiting for.

In the year of our lord 2011, on the 20th day of the first month, when there is winter in the northern hemisphere, and many Norwegians catch fish while standing on the ice, a miracle took place on a small Pacific island called Rarotonga. A package arrived with new glasses for the Chocolate Mousse Prophet. Trumpets were heard from beyond the clouds and a great ball of fire, fueled by an intense nuclear fusion reaction, was hanging heavily in the sky, blinding anyone who dared to look straight at it for 5 minutes.

It had been 126 days since I ordered my new glasses in the store in Norway. After we had relieved the incompetent people at Bring Express (not necessarily recommended by this publication) of their duties and left the glasses in the hands of FedEx in Brasil, things started taking a more normal course.

The people at the store in Norway have been fantastic and have been just as frustrated as I have during this kafkaesque experience with Bring Express (better not use them, I tell ya). It was a big relief to get the glasses. The old ones I have been wearing are full of scratches and have been giving me headaches from time to time.

Many, many thanks to Dauro and Laura for resending them from Brasil and handling all the communications and paperwork with FedEx there.

There was a bulky thingy:

Inside there was a cardboard box:

Inside that there was a case (is it empty?):

And inside that there were the most beautiful, shiny and crystal clear pair of glasses you have ever seen:

We went out on the balcony to celebrate and we took this picture which I sent to the store in Norway in an email:

The next day they wrote back that they had put a printout of the picture on the wall in their lunch room as an inspiration to all the employees!

A week later, on the 27th, Adrian finally got his glasses which had been sent from Villa La Angostura in Argentina. On time and at half the price UPS wanted us to pay. FedEx rules.

Many, many thanks to Jorge and Carmen for sending them from Argentina and handling all the communications and paperwork with FedEx there.

Yay!

Houston, we have glasses!

All systems go!

So, with 40% of the family having their eye-sight restored we were ready for new and dangerous adventures,

Eirik

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