buying cross-country beginner's ski pack in Norway

The big plan for today was to try cross-country skiing for the first time in our life.
Unfortunately we did not make it... and here is the story:

Introduction
There are big chains of sport shops in the Bergen area. After short market check (strangely, the choice of skis is pretty limited here) we decided to go for a standard beginner's kit from one of the sport shops.

Chapter 1.
Thursday afternoon, Shop A - no boots in my size (36). We are sent us to Shop B (20km far away) with a promise that my boots should be there

Chapter 2.
Thursday evening, Shop B. My boots are available (from the baby's shoes department), but unfortunately they do not have skis in our size. We buy the boots and 'reserve' the right skis in Shop C (city centre) to be picked up on Saturday.

Chapter 3.
Saturday morning, Shop C. We are there with the right boots, the skis are there waiting for us but unfortunately  they run out of bindings fitting our set. (AAA!!!%^!!!$^$ Wrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!) The bindings are available in Shop D (15km far away + 15minutes queuing to park the car!).

Chapter 4.
Saturday afternoon, Shop D. We are there with the right shoes, with the right skis and the bindings are there. We have them mounted and ask about the right ski poles. Unfortunately they do not have the right ones for me... AAAA!!!!! Wrrrrr!!%%$!!!!

Epilogue
The missing ski poles for me do not matter anymore because it is already 2p.m. and it will get dark very soon...

From the author:
Most of the sport shops in Bergen lack the ski bindings because of the delivery problems. The same is valid for the wood (for wood stoves). My guess is that the bindings and the wood are on their way here in one truck that is stuck somewhere on the icy roads right in front of the truck that brings salt (also difficult to buy) to our lovely city!



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