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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: slimm50 on July 09, 2004, 02:19:46 PM
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The pics you recently posted, and the location given below your avatar got me curious about Norway, because I know absolutely nothing about the country. Based on your photos and what I've been able to glean in a few minutes from the internet, looks to me like paradise: really lovely. Kinda cool, perhaps, but really beautiful place to live/ visit. From the topo maps I looked at, seems like a lot of good canoeing/ kayaking and boating in general, not to mention fishing. Is that correct? Looks like a place my wife and I'd like to visit, someday.
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Norways is very ugly.... Nilsen usualy post pictures from havai, with local beauties and call them average Norwegian :D
True is that in Norway its mandator to wear white sweater, so if person on the pictures doesnt have one, its a fake :D
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Originally posted by lada
Norways is very ugly.... Nilsen usualy post pictures from havai, with local beauties and call them average Norwegian :D
True is that in Norway its mandator to wear white sweater, so if person on the pictures doesnt have one, its a fake :D
punt
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i like blonde haired blue eyed girls, will it be my paradise too?
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Thanks, GS. Yeah, water sports (canoeing, especially) combined with backpacking/hiking/camping is my thing, moreso than my wife's.
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Slimm, go without the wife. Sincerely :)
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Heh. Maybe I make two trips. But if I only make one, it'll be for her.
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Are there any cats in norway?
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Hi scholz, like your new avatar.
:D
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Originally posted by GScholz
You mean big wild cats? Yes we have the lynx.
*** i trough its a text based web browser :D
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Sweden is better...
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better looking women in Sweden.
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Originally posted by midnight Target
better looking women in Sweden.
hehehe, they are twice as many as we are so thers should be twice as many pretty ladies :D
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Originally posted by slimm50
The pics you recently posted, and the location given below your avatar got me curious about Norway, because I know absolutely nothing about the country. Based on your photos and what I've been able to glean in a few minutes from the internet, looks to me like paradise: really lovely. Kinda cool, perhaps, but really beautiful place to live/ visit. From the topo maps I looked at, seems like a lot of good canoeing/ kayaking and boating in general, not to mention fishing. Is that correct? Looks like a place my wife and I'd like to visit, someday.
Yup, i think i live in a very beautiful country...thx for the compliment. :)
If boating is your thing then we have plenty of nice places to see. Norways coastline is longer than the african continent, and when you compare the sizes then you quicly understand that there are many fjords, islands and shelterd bays to enjoy in the summertime.
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Originally posted by GScholz
Hey Nilsen, I thought you were on vacation? (... again. How you find time to work for a living is beyond be ;))
I was until this monday. Working again now, but i still have 2 more weeks that ill use in the end of july and beginning of august. Hope the weather improves, cause it hasnt been very good so far.
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Just to brag abit :D
"Norway's Fjords Earn Top Score
National Geographic Traveler magazine has rated Norway’s spectacular fjords as the top travel destination in the world in the magazine’s first “Index of Destination Stewardship”—an elite list of the least spoiled, great places on earth.
For the cover story in its March 2004 issue, National Geographic Traveler surveyed more than 200 tourism experts to evaluate 115 of the world’s best-known destinations according to criteria that pertain to cultural, environmental and aesthetic integrity. Norway’s fjords earned the top ranking based on what the magazine called a combination of geographic good luck—the fjords’ rugged terrain, attractive climate, difficult access and short tourist season—and Norway’s excellent environmental track record.
The fjord region on the west coast of Norway offer some of the most dramatic and beautiful sceneries in the world. Visitors are treated to a variety of wilderness experiences, including mountains, glaciers, national parks, crystal-clear waterfalls, fertile green valleys and hillsides, and expansive fruit orchards. The centuries-old fjord villages are rich with traditional stave churches, historical sites and charming hotels."
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Freakin scandinavians are too easy going to troll. I've had with you mokes.
:p
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Norway is ugly, not to mention very cold... ;)
Let me give you an unbiased reccomendation to visit Croatia instead!
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I recently read an article that said the norwegian coastguard are helping Croatia building their navy after the norwegan coastguard model in preperation for future membership in NATO. They are sending people up here for training and we are sending some down there to help them out. The article isnt in English im afraid Grunherz.
http://www.mil.no/start/article.jhtml?articleID=79270
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Originally posted by GScholz
You mean big wild cats? Yes we have the lynx.
Any wolves or bears?
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Originally posted by Bluedog
Any wolves or bears?
Both, and polarbears on Svalbard.
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Cool :)
A big part of seeing other countries is to see and apreciate the wildlife I reckon.
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Originally posted by Bluedog
Cool :)
A big part of seeing other countries is to see and apreciate the wildlife I reckon.
Yeah, but you are not gonna see any bears or wolves in nature. The bears and wolves are usually to shy and live away from were one would go. Polarbears can be seen if you go to Svalbard tho.
I havent seen any except in the zoo.
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Yep, I didnt picture wolves and bears hanging out in people's back yards or anything :)
Just the fact that there are places that people dont go, thereby leaving the animals alone is cool in itself.
I've never seen either a bear, or a wolf. Not even in a zoo.
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Slimm, why travel there when you have alittle bit of Norway (actually alot of Norway) in your backyard here in the US? ;)
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*puts on Edvard Grieg CD while viewing Scholz's pics
....very beautiful
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Wow GS, amazing I found a second reason to go there :)
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Very nice in Norway, is that the whole country or do you have Mountains that rise higher than 14k alt?, whats the highest in Norway?
(Also, this area accounts for about 1% of our mountainous natural parks)
(http://www.nps.gov/glac/images/01524.jpg)
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I don't think it'a about quantity. Both look pretty... but I do know what Sweedish/Danish girls look like :)
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Originally posted by Saintaw
I don't think it'a about quantity. Both look pretty... but I do know what Sweedish/Danish girls look like :)
Very true, it is about quality...I can't think of another nation that has everything from tropical jungle to 14,000 foot snowcovered peaks...USA. Thats why I rarely travel abroad, we have alittle bit of every part of the world where we live! :)
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Very true, it is about quality...I can't think of another nation that has everything from tropical jungle to 14,000 foot snowcovered peaks...USA. Thats why I rarely travel abroad, we have alittle bit of every part of the world where we live! :)
but my country is bigger then yours.....so there:p
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Originally posted by Nilsen
I recently read an article that said the norwegian coastguard are helping Croatia building their navy after the norwegan coastguard model in preperation for future membership in NATO. They are sending people up here for training and we are sending some down there to help them out. The article isnt in English im afraid Grunherz.
http://www.mil.no/start/article.jhtml?articleID=79270
Knowing my people they will be saying soon that "we taught the Norwegians all they know."
:)
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So will you Norweigans let me into your country?
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Originally posted by GScholz
Sure you're welcome ... is there some reason we shouldn't? ;)
I sure dont know. But the Canadian border guards almost didnt let me in...
:rofl
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I have no idea to this day. They just acted very insecure and asked me a whole bunch of detailed questions.
Maybe they were suspicius because I had no set itinerary.
But nah.. They just knew deep down down in their hearts that there was nothing there worth seeing and wanted to spare me the time.. Nice folks.. ;)
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I was very nice. :)
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Next time maybe I should say I'm deserter from the US army they will love me then.. ;)
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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
Maybe they were suspicius because I had no set itinerary.
maybe descriminating good taste?;)
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Originally posted by GScholz
I don't think they will believe you though ;)
Of course they will, they will want to belive..
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lol toronto.. :)
But I doubt that very much having seen Vancouver...
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lol, looked like a picture war here for awhile.
My parents spent 4 months travelling norway last year and daddy has a 48gb disk full of pictures . Maybe i should make one looong thread :D
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I think the pics are great guys .. I enjoy seeing those almost as much as actually going there ...
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Absolutely stunning pixs ! I may have to put off visiting Southern Europe for awhile and visit Scandanavia this summer instead.
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Originally posted by CavPuke
Absolutely stunning pixs ! I may have to put off visiting Southern Europe for awhile and visit Scandanavia this summer instead.
This summer is looking like crap so far, and the forecast for the rest is not good either. Its the worst summer i have experienced for many years. My advice would be to wait untill next summer or atleast until august of this year.
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Thats why I rarely travel abroad, we have alittle bit of every part of the world where we live! :)
*cough* except for history *cough* :D :D