Re: Back from our Scandinavian holiday (incl. Saab Museum)

Everett M. Greene wrote: ::: experience in the UK, Norway is more synonymous with Scandinavia ::: (what with the popular childhood understanding of Vikings and the ::: like) than Sweden and less so again with Finland. Thanks for the ::: clarification though; it's interesting to see what other people ::: perceive to be the common meaning of words we all use. :: :: Now you've done it! The Danes are going to be complaining...

You better believe it! ;o)))

M.v.h.

Sat, 09 Aug 2003 21:16:32 +0100, skreiv Johannes H Andersen :

Hey, this year it was Trolhättan for me, next year it will be the Internasional SAAB Car meeting in Denmark. :) I live in Norway, so I don't want to spend my holliday here... ;)

Sat, 09 Aug 2003 20:43:26 GMT, skreiv Paul Halliday :

But you Englishmen have York... ;) And, you know who King Arthur (Kong Arthur) was?

The same misstake are going on here in Norway, people says "England" when they mean "UK"...

Aye, we has York. And we're keeping it. Hands off. You lot had your turn, 'way back.

Ayup, lad -- tha's not been given leave to monkey about wi' our 'eroes, tha knows. "King/Kong"!! What next?? And Art played for Gloucestershire, way I bring it to mind, not Yorkshire.

-- Andrew Stephenson

Paul Halliday pressed random keys until the following was produced:

(I missed this originally, have been playing with network feeds and building new servers for my personal network).

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Did you get close to or in it? It's interesting to note how not-straight the (hand-made) panels are.

(shrug) It's a city...

Isn't that just amazing?

Yes. Hopefully that makes the trip to Oslo worthwhile; it certainly did for me.

Fjords. Go see some fjords. Newcastle -> Bergen by boat, Bergen -> Oslo by train, takes you along the (er...Hardangerfjord I think? Big and impressive, whichever one it is). The boat from Newcastle is an overnight, I seem to recall.

Have you driven a Fjord lately?

Dave

Rick B. pressed random keys until the following was produced:

Yes, he's a brilliant writer.

Huh? What the hell is *this* all about? Criticizing a trip report to the Saab Museum and surroundings, in the Saab newsgroup? Amazing.

Dave Hinz

in article snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com, snipped-for-privacy@spamcop.net at snipped-for-privacy@spamcop.net wrote on 14/08/2003 17:07:

'fraid not. After reading that those panels were beaten out on a mound of horse manure, who can blame me :) Oslo

It did - for me it was more an interesting building with some well-chosen large wooden ornaments inside it :) The boat racing on the day we left was quite a spectacle as well. Just because I said we hated the place didn't mean we didn't enjoy the time we spent there. That sounds weird, but it does make sense when you think on it.

My parents fjord-hopped for a couple of weeks a few years ago and loved it. My mother lived in Bergen for a bit and she was very surprised by my comments. She has also said that "the other side is much nicer" and one of my biker friends tells me driving (well, riding for him) from Bergen to Trondheim is a good trip. Perhaps a long weekend, sometime.

Cheers all,

Paul

Sat, 09 Aug 2003 20:43:26 GMT, skreiv Paul Halliday :

But you Englishmen have York... ;) And, you know who King Arthur (Kong Arthur) was?

The same misstake are going on here in Norway, people says "England" when they mean "UK"...

Sat, 09 Aug 2003 21:16:32 +0100, skreiv Johannes H Andersen :

Hey, this year it was Trolhättan for me, next year it will be the Internasional SAAB Car meeting in Denmark. :) I live in Norway, so I don't want to spend my holliday here... ;)