Textcritic's Norwegian Adventure Thread; (Formerly "So, I'm liquidating my assets")

[Knut]

Textcritic

I lived in Stockholm for 5 months for an externship. Food ended up being double my budget for it. Oh and a pint of beer is rediculous.

For those wondering. MOMS is value added tax. Can be as high as 25% on junk food and other items.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Is the black metal and cross country skiing as good as advertised?

Yes and yes. It is admittedly a little strange to be working in a religion faculty and to feel totally comfortable wearing my Iron Maiden, NIN, and Rammstein concert T's to work. No one bats an eye.

We are actually going skiing this weekend. Our neighbours—like all Norwegian's it seems—own a cabin in the mountains and have invited us up. My wife and 9-year-old just got themselves geared up with skis, and my oldest, youngest and myself will snowboard. We live in the fourth largest city in Norway, and can literally ski anywhere in town when there is enough snow. This city is a cyclist's paradise in the summer months, and in the winter, all those cycling paths serve as ski trails.

Originally Posted by Tron_fdc

Are there loads of hot blondes there?...

...And yes.

I haven't been nearly as struck by prolific blondeness as I have been by how tall and fit all Norwegian women seem to be. My advice is that if you can, you should marry a Viking.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Hesla

Textcritic

I lived in Stockholm for 5 months for an externship. Food ended up being double my budget for it. Oh and a pint of beer is rediculous.

For those wondering. MOMS is value added tax. Can be as high as 25% on junk food and other items.

I have bought a grand total of two cases of beer since we arrived. Honestly, for the cost, it is not even all that good.

I dearly miss beer.

[Nyah]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

I have bought a grand total of two cases of beer since we arrived. Honestly, for the cost, it is not even all that good.

I dearly miss beer.

What's the of cost of beer or spirits compared to here? And food for that matter?

[Bonded]

Canada is pretty bad for expensive liquor, so it must be bad

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

Yes and yes. It is admittedly a little strange to be working in a religion faculty and to feel totally comfortable wearing my Iron Maiden, NIN, and Rammstein concert T's to work. No one bats an eye.

We are actually going skiing this weekend. Our neighbours—like all Norwegian's it seems—own a cabin in the mountains and have invited us up. My wife and 9-year-old just got themselves geared up with skis, and my oldest, youngest and myself will snowboard. We live in the fourth largest city in Norway, and can literally ski anywhere in town when there is enough snow. This city is a cyclist's paradise in the summer months, and in the winter, all those cycling paths serve as ski trails.


...And yes.

I haven't been nearly as struck by prolific blondeness as I have been by how tall and fit all Norwegian women seem to be. My advice is that if you can, you should marry a Viking.

I can vouch for the marrying a viking part.

[mykalberta]

If anyone is interested in Lefse the German House near Confederation golf course carries it from the Swedish Bakery near Edmonton

https://www.edelweissimports.com/

Very tasty with melted butter, white sugar, and cinnamon.

Do they have any Krumakaka (spelling) in Norway?

[rd_aaron]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

Hopefully I will never know how lutefisk is. They serve it in the restaurants around Christmas, and it smells something fierce.

My wife's parents grew up in Norwegian households, so we always had home-made lefse every Christmas in Canada. The great thing here is that we can buy it pre-packaged at the grocery store, and it is not half bad. The kids will frequently have it with brown sugar and butter in the mornings before school.

My wife-to-be has Norwegian roots and her family likes lefse with white sugar. I grew up having it with brown sugar which is sooo much better.

[Knut]

^ best way to eat it is with Cinnamon Butter.

[photon]

Lol my grandma used to feed me brown sugar and butter sandwiches when I was a kid! Thanks for the Diabetes grandma.

Awesome to hear things are going well Textcritic, sounds so cool for you and your family!

[Bobblehead]

It sounds like Norway shares an affinity with Calgary Puck; at least as far as watching for FPAG:

For most of the time, the only sound came from the fire. Ms. Hatlevoll’s face never appeared on screen, but occasionally her hands could be seen putting logs in the fireplace, or cooking sausages and marshmallows on sticks.

“I couldn’t go to bed because I was so excited,” a viewer called niesa36 said on the Dagbladet newspaper Web site. “When will they add new logs? Just before I managed to tear myself away, they must have opened the flue a little, because just then the flames shot a little higher.

“I’m not being ironic,” the viewer continued. “For some reason, this broadcast was very calming and very exciting at the same time.”

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