Norwegians and Taxfree
Since the advent of the EU, tax-free shopping has been banned on flights within the EU. However, passengers travelling to Norway, or any other place outside the EU, may still shop tax-free. Due to very high prices on alcohol and tobacco, norwegians are crazy about their "quota" which is 1 litre of liquor, 1 litre of wine and 1 carton of sigarettes. Norwegians will usually buy sigarettes even if they don't smoke, just because its cheap....The shops at Brussels Airport have obviously noted this, and have posted a large sign with a norwegian flag and norwegian text, showing the northerners where they can get their booze.
Arriving Douala
December 25th 2007 Leaving Oslo
The buzzer went of at 04:15, as programmed, and up we went. It was cold, -11 centigrade, and Anja didnt want to leave the warm cosy bed, but I managed to kick here out of it. We hurried to the airport with all our luggage. It looked like we were going on a major expedition, as we had no less than 14 kollis. The girl at the checkin counter made huge eyes, but went along wit
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