Conversations on El Camino

I got up just after 5:00 am to take a run before a day on the bus. I’m not a great runner, and only recently have I started to feel anything other than dread at the thought of running, but the anticipation of being stuck sitting for 5 hours on the bus spurred me out…

(Disclaimer: This was Jess' favorite day, FULL of fun. This is the Sparknotes version, I assure you. Buckle up.) tl;dr Jess had a really, really good day. Poor Julie. She is a trooper. Jessica's choice to resign from her job the day before leaving on an international trip, getting jetlagged, and missing some meals has…

FALSE. Jessica claimed it would be a 20-ish hour journey to the evening hotel. Jessica lied. I'm finally parked horizontally for the first time in 30 hours. My knees still like extending fully, a phenomenon not available on modern transportation. After landing in Oslo at 6:00 am, my brain finally caught up to my body,…