THE JOURNEY TO NORSELAND PART ONE THE BEGINNING
by Hamlet



The sun streamed through the window as the alarm went off on her mobile phone
at 6 AM in Lisa's room in the house she shared with three other girls in Lea
Bridge Road in Leyton North East London .She had hardly slept at all at the
prospect that the next night she would be in a strange new country
Norseland.She was full of excitement and at the same time fear at the thought
of travelling right across the world to this strange country she knew almost
nothing about.

Her plans were to travel there with her close friend Stephen whom she had
known for nearly 17 years. She would take the bus to Walthamstow Central and
then take the overhead train to Liverpool St. From there she would take the
Stansted Express to Stansted Airport. She would then take the Lufteflote
flight to Haraldshus travelling on what was reputed to be the most luxurious
airline in the world on what would be a luxurious flying palace on a 16 hour
flight .The plane was due to leave the airport at exactly 12 midday and would
arrive in Haraldshus at 6 PM.local time with one stopover at San Francisco.
She had calculated that Norseland was 10 hours behind GMT.

What excited her even more was the prospect of seeing her sister Joanna whom
she had not seen in over a year. Joanna had now settled in Norseland in a city
called Hjellskide that was somewhere in the centre of the country after
Stephen had pointed it out on the map to Lisa .Joanna had now been admitted
for student Residence now she had worked as a carer and nursing assistant at
Hjellskilde hospital while studying for a BSC degree at Hjellskilde University
in Caring and Hospital Management.

Joanna had left the USA where she had lived in a city called Grand Rapids in
the centre of Michigan. Although she had enjoyed her time in the USA she
longed for a change .She had enough of the freezing cold winters in Michigan
where the temperatures in winter could fall to -15 centigrade and had
developed severe frost bite needing hospital treatment after falling in a
ditch and sliding in the ice one night.

Also she had enough of the crime levels in Grand Rapids,which was the still
one of the safest cities in the USA, after she had been held up by a youth
with a gun again at night after leaving the nearest supermarket and was forced
to hand over her purse at gunpoint

She had become desperate to leave Grand Rapids even though she had some
enjoyable experiences there .She knew she would miss the company of her two
sisters Norah and Marjory if she ever left the USA.Yet she wanted to go to a
country that had a warm tropical climate the sort of climate she was used to
in her country of birth South Africa. She wanted somewhere that was crime free
and where the law was strictly enforced and where she would never be mugged
.She also wanted to go to a country that had a free and efficient health
service where she did not have to pay exorbitant costs for all her medical
services and depend on private insurance companies .

She had at last found that perfect country Norseland that was to become the
country of her dreams.

She had learnt about the country from her close friend at the nursing home
where she worked Carla. Carla had seen an advertisement in the local paper in
Grand Rapids for a meeting of the Norselandic Admiration Society (NAS) in
Detroit .At first Joanna was reluctant to go and had told Carla that she had
never heard of Norseland thinking it did somewhere in Europe not know that it
was in the Pacific Ocean thousands of miles from Europe. She had just managed
to find Norseland in an atlas in the Pacific Ocean, which showed it to be near
Hawaii

She had told Norah her sister that she had never been there before and asked
her if she would she like to accompany her on holiday there. Norah had
responded to her with extreme hostility as she knew something about this
country being more politically active than her. She had told her it was a
racist apartheid state and was in fact worse than South Africa under
apartheid. The indigenous population the Papians were treated just like the
Blacks had been in South Africa that Papia was in effect a Bantustan and in
fact just a colony of Norseland like the Transkei. Norah had more or less told
her that if she was serious about going there she never wanted any more to do
with her.

Still Joanna wanted to know all about this strange country especially as Carla
was a member of the NAS.Carla had said she had a great time at the NAS and
really recommended it to anyone.She had just visited a Norselandic restaurant
in Detroit the Viking Paradise, where she had been to a barbecue where they
had huge meals with every type of meat and line dancing. She also described
how wonderful and sexy the Norse Men were with their blonde hair dressed in
tight black leather and their huge rippling muscles and gigantic members!

Joanna told Carla that she wanted to go to the next meeting of the NAS .They
eventually went together with Joanna seeing it as a way of getting out of
Grand Rapids and seeing the sights of Detroit 157 miles away.. They stayed
together at the Best Western Hotel at Allen Park just outside the city itself
where the meeting was going to be held the next day.

They went to a meeting together the next night at the conference room. There
were at least 100 people attending almost all women, probably desperate for a
Norse Man, having heard so much about them and their sexual reputation. The
meeting was addressed by a Norse Man whose name was Lars Hjalgaard. He looked
so gorgeous to Carla being so muscular and tall dressed in a Cow Person outfit
of a leather jacket, gloves, leather hat, black silk scarf, skin tight leather
pants and black shiny boots. Next to him was his Partner Jana who was slightly
bigger than him, as

Norse Women were nearly always bigger than the men as this was a matriarchal
society. They both looked very much alike with their blonde pony tails, except
that his bulge was between his legs whereas hers was on her chest!

He talked all about the benefits of NAS membership including discounted prices

at Norselandic restaurants, social events, the possibility of spending a night

with a Norse Man or Norse Woman, courses in Norselandic and discounted package

holidays in Norseland. By the end of the evening Joanna was totally transfixed
and listened in respectful silence gazing at him in wonder as he spoke in
excellent English that was better than most Americans. At the end of the
evening both of them were desperate for the excitement of a holiday in
Norseland and for the rippling arms of a Norse Man like him .While he spoke
Carla in particular could not take her eyes off him especially his enormous
protruding member that was so visible under his leather pants! .She also found
out where he lived which was a city called Risero in the centre of Norseland
on the coast.She longed to see him again and to travel to Norseland on the
next plane if possible.

As they drove back on the 2 1/2 hour journey to Grand Rapids Joanna had
thought of ways of travelling to Norseland as she had been so impressed at the
meeting.She had picked up a brochure at the meeting on ' Bursaries to
Norseland for Overseas Students. She had a long discussion with the Norse
Woman Jana at the meeting who had been so helpful and friendly to her.

Jana had explained that Norseland gave millions of dollars of aid to Zimbabwe
As a result of its extensive aid program Norseland provided bursaries to
Zimbabwean students to train at Norselandc universities of over $20000 a year
plus accommodation, health care and other benefits.to train as carers and
nurses in Zimbabwe .If Joanna was successful in her application she would
train in Norseland for three years .She would then have to go to Zimbabwe and
work as a carer and nurse under the Norse andic Aid Program and under the
supervision of a Royal Aid Corps (RAC )official. If she was successful in her
work in Zimbabwe she could return to Norseland and if she worked really hard
she could apply and if possible be accepted for honorary Norselandic
Citizenship.Joanna had told Jana that although she was born in South Africa
her father was Zimbabwean and she had dual citizenship and in many ways would
be happy to work in Zimbabwe as a carer especially as some of her family lived
there and she longed to see them again.

Since then Joanna had applied for the bursary with the expert assistance of
Jana After completing the complex application forms again with Jana's
assistance she had been called for an interview at the Norselandic Consulate
in Chicago that was situated 181 miles to the south west. Jana had prepared
her through for the interview and Joanna had managed to answer the tough
interview questions.

Joanna had waited in anticipation for the result of the interview and a week
later had nervously opened the letter with the logo of the Norselandic
Consulate.She had been accepted with the letter stating she had been very
effective in answering questions at the interview. The letter ordered her to
report in exactly a weeks' time to her Supervisor Ms Jules Stricthaard at
Haraldshus airport. She would be enrolled for a three-year study program on a
BSC IN Caring and Nursing Management at the University of Hjellskilde after
which she would have to work in Zimbabwe. She would be paid a bursary of
$20000 a year. She would be provided with accommodation and the full
healthcare benefits of a Norselandic Citizen.She was reminded that as a
foreigner or oslander she would have to scrupously obey the laws of the Nation
under the loving but firm supervision of her Sponsor Ms Stricthaard.

Since she had arrived in Norseland just three months ago Joanna had written
effusive letters and e mails to Lisa stating that this country was a an
earthly paradise with a wonderful country this was with a lovely tropical
climate, where the streets were spotlessly clean, where there was no crime as
the Law was ruthlessly enforced by the Police or the Judges, where there were
no guns and which had the best and most effective health service in the world.
She had a lovely fully furnished flat just away from the university campus
with gorgeous IKEA type furniture.

She constantly asked Lisa to stay with her and also to have her hip cured at
the Royal Hip Hospital (Reginas Hofte Sykehus) in Varense which was world
renowned for its expert medical care and where Lisa would be finally cured
forever. She had told Lisa that she had sold her large in Grand Rapids for
$300000 and would pay for the air ticket of $15000 and the medical care bill
of $6000 from the proceeds of the sale .A week ago Joanna had sent her the air
ticket as well as a letter from the hospital (RIS )stating that she had been
admitted for a replacement hip operation for a week on Friday July 26th to
Saturday August 3rd.

Lisa had confirmed that after an extensive interview she and her friend
Stephen had been granted visas and had been admitted for a three week 'holiday
beginning on Tuesday July 23rd with a return flight booked for Thursday 13th
August. Stephen had insisted on paying his own air fare but Joanna had refused
and sent him his air ticket being such a kind and generous person, Joanna had
been told by her Sponsor that her flat was too small to accommodate

Lisa and Stephen and so she had booked them both at the Motel Heavena just
outside Hjellsjikde at £80 or 1600 NM as night which would cost her £1680
($2093), altogether or NM 33600.Joanna knew that even with all this spending
she would be left nearly $290000 in the Bank as well as the payments from her
bursary. She knew that after three years with hardly any expenses as her rent
was only $200 a month , she would be able to recoup all this spending and them
she would return to Zimbabwe as a fully paid employee of the RHK(Reginas
Hjelpa Korps ). Then she could come back to Norseland and apply for permanent
residence as an Honorary Norselandic Citizen.What a heavedmy prospect!

Lisa too ferly so elated as she boarded the 69 bus from Lea Bridge Road to
Walthamstow Central. She knew her prayers had been answer .She would go on a
wonderful holiday to a tropical paradise, see her sister again travel and
spend time with her friend Stephen and then return to England in three weeks'
time in perfect health. She had a copy of the Bible opened with these words as
he looked out at the gloriously sunny weather as the bus stopped outside
Walthamstow central station...

Her prayers had been well and truly answered!

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