Scandinavia in March

The month of March in Scandinavia is a great month for travel, because it is in the off-season. This means Scandinavia travelers can get a cheaper vacation in March and it's a popular off-season month for smart travelers on a budget! Many summer activities will be opening this or next month, too.

The weather can still be chilly in March, but is steadily improving. The dreary winter days are now over, and there is much more daylight available now. Also a great month for a...more about March in Scandinavia (along with events, weather information and packing tips).

Ed Norton

"Sometimes creativity is a compulsion, not an ambition."

Miriam Makeba

"Age is�wisdom, if one has lived one's life properly."

Norman Vincent Peale

"Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow."

Ayn Rand

"Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday...The lavish meal is a symbol of the fact that abundant consumption is the result and reward of production."

Zoorgligt but savannt

On underground trains at Medborgarplatsen

Girl 1: ~ 18, therefore, "the Lion King" is surely type outplayed in the past before the people existed?
Girl 2 ~ 18: What then?
Girl 1: Yeah, but they live freely in the wild in the movie and not at the zoo!

Let Them Pick You Up!

All the time I witness other travelers arriving at an airport with me, and then trying to arrange for transportation to their hotel or similar local destination. Sound familiar?

Maybe planning ahead is out of style, but for peace of mind, you should book your shuttle service from home after getting your plane tickets. It's not smart to skip planning that part, and you might be waiting for a bus a long time.

Airport shuttles in Stockholm are a cheap and reliable option, and shuttle services in Reykjavik are very popular as well. All are bookable online. And here are airport shuttles in other cities:

Oprah Winfrey

"If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think."

Gore Vidal

"Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say and not giving a damn."

Joseph Addison

"Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a private station."

John Heywood

"A man may well bring a horse to the water but he cannot make him drink."

A difficult name

The old Indian came in at name Agency and said:
-I like to change the name.
-Well, what is your name?
-The big black locomotive whistles and howls in the night.
-Then, I understand that you want to rename. What were you going you instead?
-Tut.

Kate Winslet

"Having been here before and lost, to be here and win, I've got to tell you, winning is really a lot better than losing. Really a lot better."

Edith Wharton

"The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it."

Andrew Lang

"You can cover a great deal of country in books."

John Ruskin

"The highest reward for man's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it."

A mediocre golfer

Ake was a least mediocre golfer who spread the balls around him. Despite its low level, he persisted in having a caddy.
After yet another unsuccessful strike was difficult to find the ball.
-I do not give up, "said Ake. Most likely is the ball somewhere where we least expect it.
-Well, maybe it, s a caddy. I will certainly look into the hole ...

Abisko K rsavagge-L kktatj kka Bj rkliden Abisko, July 2012

On July 14, was the start of Swedish Alpine Ultra, Nikkaluokta, Abisko, 105 km; D I sj lv r be r of this race 's, I could not participate. My planning was that as well as the 2011 g ra str fold after the participants arrived in m l. But d from Abisko to Nikkaluokta. Now it was not s, much depending on heavy rain.
With a little distance to the 14 July and ultraloppet, I can say that after some of the participants f n tt beg stories and pictures, it was a tough race. That of all the big raining River FL occurred. Much of this I could see n r I p l rdagen tried from Nikkaluokta to Abisko. The E10 was the large rivers in the ditches along the v gene. This I was able to note with st greater clarity p's Sunday n r I tried to Kiruna with luggage belong dure de l pare who got the break.

(F) to see how much water there was on the trail I went p s Monday afternoon about 3 miles into p trail from Abisko.

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Fr n K rsavagge r the f rst a steep ascent p ca 500 m p a str leak of approximately 2 miles; The r's steep that n town must crawl f r to get around. F last year s g I a large stone that l g ra n AV been edge and s g to n at the tipping over and roll down f r fj llsidan. Now there was no stone d r f s probably had gone in connection with sn sm ltningen. It seemed no sp r of the stone.

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A number of reindeer stood and watched p me, wondered v l was it was f r rascals as kr p d r.




V l up there after the steep ascent's was about 3.5 miles to L kktatj kkastugan. This str leak was f last year completely t cracked with sn. Now it was less with sn and g p a very stony surface. In addition, sn n soft and bl t. A number of g times stepped me through with the whole leg. At a currently, I got stuck with the leg in lle sn n. Got gr va p back of the l form and a bit down f r to come loose. On other occasions I s s g currently that water gushed under sn n fr n fj llkanten to an sj lite l no longer away. V gade not g ver h r and g around and up-the Rocky fj llkanten.

V l up p 1200 metres s came into clouds that made visibility became's mre. S I got fully trust-the pickled route p GPS. It went well, got to the L kktatj kkastugan around 17: 30 r f some food, I thought. (F) "last year's was a very nice woman who said that it would have dinner's must have best set this in f rv g, but she could v rma a goulash soup and save a v ffla. This was well after having been out for a whole day. Now I got told by a not so nice woman and that Gulaschsoppan was for lunch and it was not now. A v ffla could she g ra. Got into a cold's dan after 30 min. (F) last year I recommended hikers to g to the cabin and take this good soup. In r avr der I.
Then it was to go on to Bj rkliden about 10 km in bl t sn. P v gen down s g I this monster.

Have you eyes with it and a little imagination, one can see much.
Fr n Bj rkliden became the Rallarleden forward to Abisko. Came to Abisko 22,15. The round took 12.5 hours.


It was a h annual tour. We r n sta alone, f except those I m tte in the beginning, and those who were in L kktatj kkastugan. The man's g was a number of reindeer and the sound man h value came from f and it reflects and babbling jokkar.
Can not sl ppa tank p v der who r dde on 14-15 July, cold and rain.
Wonder how m nga walkers such as lower p how fast v weather can be used and that it can get much rain as f r to the impact that bridges washed away.
P www.swedishalpineultra.se 's comments and ask the participants and more pictures.

Hugh Macleod

"If you try to make something just to fit your uninformed view of some hypothetical market, you will fail. If you make something special and powerful and honest and true, you will succeed."

Tish Grier

"I'm of the mind that even people who have limitations, if they have a curiosity, they will find a way to explore it."

Paul Gauguin

"I shut my eyes in order to see."

Spanish Proverb

"Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you."

Do not step on the ducks

Three women die together in an accident and went to heaven. When they got there they were met by St. Peter who said:
-We only have one rule here in heaven ... do not step on the ducks.
So they went into the sky, and sure enough, there were ducks everywhere. It is almost impossible not to step on a duck, and though they did their very best to avoid them accidentally the first woman accidentally step on one. St. Peter will come to her with the ugliest man she ever saw. St. Peter chains fixed the man at her side and says:
-Your sentence because you stepped on a duck is to spend eternity chained to this ugly man!
The next day happened to be the second woman to step on a duck and instantly came St. Peter, who did not miss anything, and with it, he had an extremely ugly man. He chains them together with the same explanation as to the first woman.
The third woman has observed all this and is, because she did not want to be chained in eternity with an ugly man, very, VERY careful where she puts her feet.
She manages to go months without stepping on a single duck, but one day, St. Peter up to her with the best-looking man she ever saw. Long, long eyelashes, muscular and slim.
St. Peter chains them together without saying a Word. the woman says it all:
-I wonder what I have done to deserve being chained with you for all eternity?
The guy replies:-I do not know how it is with you, but I stepped on a duck! "

Book review: ventyrsfoto

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Title: ventyrsfoto L r you shoot like the pros 9 steps to b better pictures
F author: Fredrik Schenholm and Anders Wingqvist
F rlag: Calazo
ISBN: 9789186773861

A. J. Kitt

"You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do."

Robert Fulghum

"The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be."

Allegra Kent

"All we actually have is our body and its muscles that allow us to be under our own power."

Marguerite de Valois

"Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never."

Hard boots

Oscar begs her nanny to help him put on his boots before he must go out. They are very difficult to take on and Miss really need to take in order to get on the boots.
Once they are in place, says Oscar:
-They are on the wrong feet.
Miss do not believe their eyes when she finds that it's like Oscar said, the boots are actually wrong.
She pulls like a fool in 3 minutes to take off them and starts then to get them on the right foot. In the end, they are in place.
When Oscar says:
-It's not my boots ...
Ms inhale deeply and put the lid on the emotions so as not to damage the small Oscar viewing her with fish eye.
-Ok, she says, we do well by them then.
And so she started with the same training as before.
-Why did you do it sooner? She asks when she is ready.
Oscar responds:
-It's not my boots, it is brorsans, but Mom wants me to have them.
Miss starts to weep uncontrollably but decides that she must help Oscar on with the boots for a third time. Then she lifts up Oscar, puts on his jacket, hat and scarf and asks:
-Where are your gloves?
-I added them in the boots …

Winter Tour!

Top tour, sn bivouac, and k ldskador! Fj and ventyrsledarna embarks on a five-day winter tour-fj.

Who could believe that it was the s l to f k ldskador, or sn can be s en to gr va in. Or s h wonderfully to k mpa himself out of sovs stain in minus 20 degrees f rto g, f r a mountain and then ski down the ka f. It is just n of m many things we l rt us over a week p fj.

To l said to Fj ll-ventyrsledare p lvdalens training centre is incredibly fun and f r l ra a lot. The third week of January went class out-the toughest tour hitils. Although the v derprognosen showed that it would not become hotter n-15 and down to-25 degrees, no one hesitated p to head out in the cold.

A few days after packing and n f preparatory rolled we finally iv g against Gr velsj ns fj llstation, d r we had a short studiebes k. We got to know a little about the histioren behind the old and charming station and how they work (d) r. Do you have the m option s, I think you should check there p a bes k. We rolled on into Norway, d r we parked buses and b started to pack the equipment in the arrange and valla turn your skis. N r were all ready we st first the tte p problem. Erik "Bamse" P r kade very unfortunately sk ra himself in hand. Using lp. v r graduates ski patrol r Jacob Bolld n and his care in rdskunnande it was found that s ret'd beh huh sys. A decision was taken that Bamse and Maria Olsson got ka and f s ret sewn and m take us up the second day after.

D we were p v g, without mobile coverage and away from all the everyday comforts of Hom. We didn't manage l ngt before dusk came. Such fields was knocked up and it was a cozy l gives. We cooked d followed by kr p we m tta and excited into the sovs ckarna and fell asleep.

D we were p v g.

Everyone slept well and was happy and spirited p morning. Today it was time to find a good sn power to gr va bivacker i. We skied into a b ckravin d r there was nice drifts. Now sl r cold and Anna Lundh has no k nsel in f feet. I and Bamse f r to v rma her f feet by stopping into the dom below tr jorna, towards the stomach. We f r ig ng her f insert and bivackbyggandet picks up. To sn can be s h rd! But we did not give up f. After n out seven, eight hours we got to use the gr n t sory no lights and curl up in the sovs ckarna.

You sleep soundly in a bivouac.

"The good v rdskapet" has great importance in v r education. To be a leader with a good v rdskap r very important. Elin Andersson f r h minimum grades in mnet having v cracked us all and handed out a small chocolate piece to each one. Morgan M and Bamse has problems with feet, they r cool and chilled. The hj helps varanda to v rma f feet (f) to cont. N all f tt in the breakfast and l gret become ihoppackat, we give us iv (g) again. Skiing technique and utf rs search with the sledges became today's f first challenge.

Utf rs search sleds.

The cold g r to p mind again I have sv rt to h ll h hands warm during the exercises. But f r up v screen again n r we ski p for a while. There r several pieces of us that have b started f cold f. We take us back to the cars f to search for a new omr to g ra top tours in. I fr gade Amanda Mali's how her f insert the k was used. She answered d that they were cold but that they probably will ig ng soon. I s t gives her that we should f rs ka v rma them. which was lucky, f r n r she f tt off pj xorna showed that the t rna b started to be white. We r more who take turns v rma her f. V r l rare Dennis Franz n watching p and s gives it serious. Now, big boy, Morgan and Amanda n any form of k ldskador p f feet. Dennis brings class and provides that he is proud to be l rare f r us. No gn retains or pulls down hum ret despite the l ga temperature. We f r tv options. To ka to Idrefj ll, sleep in and g ra top tour p St g, or that ka to Rendalss Le d r there is a resthouse as g r to burn in and t lta outside it. Option one, which most probably fairly sj vklart, ka and sleep indoors if the temperature is p-20 degrees. But not f r us aspiring fj lledare. All was quite in agreement that ka to Rendalss Le. S we sat in buses and tried on. We stopped p a gatuk k d r we t lunch and v rmde us. Morgan and Dee chose to ka home (d) had not yet f tt up v screen in f feet and did not want to ventyra them. Amanda's f feet had become hot and she chose to tta. We replaced the classic tour skis against randonn equipment. Next, we tried D into the Woods and beat l.

To the top!

Top Touring Today.
Today it was time f r what we all v expected p, top tour. Hum ret was p peak and we had n gra kilometre front r us p flat ground before the ascent towards the top (b) started. We were more that had problems with f feet s we had to stop a few times n g f r to v rma us, take out the shoe soles and s tta p dry socks. I had sj lv en rt to f up v screen in f feet. But with some tips and tricks from each other, we were hot. We were television groups, a group that had to search the home of lvdalen for various reasons and a group who would sleep a night to p fj. The first group came a bit up p sydtoppen by Rendals len before it came time f r them to catch back. I was in the second group and v ra tour leader Kim Bergsten, Elin and Jacob asks fixed we had to watch tv-us (h) jdmeter. We k fit p and it is harder than you think g f r. N r Bell was 13: 00 drug fog and visibility was d lig. Elin decided to stop and have lunch and see if the fog would pull ahead or if we were to search down. The fog l fixed not a we b started ka utf r. A real sk n k sensation to have k flying his way up and then swoop down f r Hill in h honest pudersn. We slipped in principle the entire v gen back to such fields. With a smile p l PR event do I fix food and crawls down the sovs stain f r last night at t lt f r the h r g string.

V more cold f. Sorry rr took the battery to the camera end p v g s we got no more pictures.

At 04: 45 v cks we and Bank l gret without taking breakfast, takes us three kilometers to the buses and bundles in all equipment. We finish this tour also with a hotel breakfast, this g ng p Idrefj ll.

It was a h rd week and I l value me incredibly much!

L s more about class and v ra adventure p www.aventyrsledarna.blogg.se

We h rs!

Martin Voest

Amber Deckers

"Never regret something that once made you smile."

Henry Miller

"Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack."

Robert Graves

"Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them."

Marion Parker

"Be kind - Remember every one you meet is fighting a battle - everybody's lonesome."

Male and female

A woman and a man were involved in an auto accident, and a very difficult one. Both cars were completely destroyed, but Amazingly enough, they survived without injuries. When they scrambled out of the cars said the woman:
-So you're a man, it was interesting. I am a woman. WOW! Look at our cars! There is nothing left – and we are unharmed. This must be a sign from God that we shall continue to meet and be friends and live together happily in all our days.
Flattered man replied:
O Yes, I agree with you. This must be a sign from God!
The woman continued:
And look at this, here's another miracle! My car was totally destroyed, but my bottle of wine didn't break. God must want us to drink this wine and celebrate our good luck.
Then, she handed over the bottle to the man. The man nods and agree, open the bottle and drink up to half and then hands the bottle back to the woman. The woman takes the bottle, puts on the CAP and leave it back to the man. The man asked:
-You should not drink anything?
-No thanks. I think I'll wait for the cops …

Scandinavia's Tallest Building!

Completed in 2005, the Turning Torso in the Swedish city of Malm? is a landmark that's hard to miss. With a height of 54 stories or around 190 meters (623 feet), the Turning Torso skyscraper is the tallest building in Scandinavia. It was even selected as one of the 7 wonders of Sweden! The Turning Torso is also quite interesting to look at - the design was based on...read more
A practical travel tip: Compare flight prices to Malm?

J. K. Rowling

"There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction. The moment you are old enough to take the wheel, the responsibility lies with you."

Francis Marion

"Promises that you make to yourself are often like the Japanese plum tree - they bear no fruit."

Norwegian gum

A Swedish sits and eats breakfast at a cafe.
Alongside him sits a Nevanlinna who chews gum.
Uncouth initiates the Norwegian:
-Do you eat Swedes whole bread?
The Swede grudgingly let breakfast be and responds:
-Yes, of course!
The Norwegian plays with the chewing gum in his mouth and says:
-We do not with us, in Norway we eat only the innermost of the bread.
The edges of the bread are collected in a container, processed and shaped into croissants
and sold to Sweden.
The Norwegian asks further:
-Do you eat Marmalade to the bread also?
The Swede responds easily annoyed:
-Yes, of course.
Whereas Norwegian loudly chew gum, he says:
-Not with us, in Norway we only eat fresh fruit for breakfast. The shells and
the remains are collected in a container, processed into jams and sold to
Sweden.
Now the Swede's turn to ask:
-Tell me one thing, do you have sex in Norway?
North man smiles and responds:
-Yes, of course we have sex.
The Swede leans across the table and asks:
-What do you do with the condoms once you used them?
"We throw them!, is Norwegian.
Now begins the Swede le ... Then he says:
-Not with us, in Sweden, we collect all the used condoms in a container,
process them, melt them and sells them to Norway as chewing gum.

How to Have Fun in Lapland...

That's easy to anwer. Experience a dog sleigh race! Vindel?lvsdraget is a unique dog sleigh race, a 400 km long relay during 4 days along the ice of the untouched Vindeln River in the Swedish part of Lapland. It takes place in a few weeks, in March. There is a total of 30 distances of 6-22 km each. The competition starts in the Swedish mountain village Ammarn?s and ends in V?nn?sby, Sweden.

This racing event is suitable for everybody. All kinds of skiers and dogs can take part - or just come to watch! The area also offers family snowmobile races, jogging/running races, and a Salmon race.

So, if you're planning your trip to Sweden's Lapland region for March, register your name for one of the races now: Vindel?lvens Tourist bureau.

Further reading: Country Profile: Sweden | Weather in Scandinavia | Weather in Sweden

Anton Chekhov

"Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be."

William Van Horne

"Nothing is too small to know, and nothing is too big to attempt."

M. F. K. Fisher

"Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly."

Thomas Dekker

"[Sleep is] the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together."

Something unusual

A man went to a brothel. He said the brothel her mother that he wanted to have one of the rarest kind.
-' Yes, ' she said. Go up to room no. 7.
When he is there, a donna with giant buds in. She sits on him & says:
-Shh shhh, you hear monsoon winds?
-Oh yes, Yes, says the man.
She slaps the bulbs in the head at him and says:
-Do you know coconuts falling down from the trees?
A little dazed, he says:
-Oh, Yes Yes!
She sets herself up, urinating on him and says:
-Do you feel monsunregnet whip against your body?
-Eh Yes, says the man who now begins to be quite shocked.
She pushed her ass up in his face at him and releases the world's brakare and asks:
-Do you hear the Thunder that rumbles in the mountains?
But then flies the man up and throw on her clothes.
-Where are you? ask horan. Then the man says:
-It is well damn no one who wants to fuck this fucking weather!

Aurora Alert: Forecast of Northern Lights

A GSE Aurora Alert has been issued for the next couple of days, and we're expecting Northern Lights activity at a level of 4 (Active). The forecast at this level is valid for January 17 & 18, 2013. Depending on local current weather, a forecast level of 4 means that the Northern Lights will be visible overhead overhead from Troms?, Norway to as far south as Umea, Sweden and Trondheim, Norway, and visible low on the horizon in Oslo, Stockholm and Helsinki.

Allard Lowenstein

"The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done."

Barbara Hall

"The path to our destination is not always a straight one. We go down the wrong road, we get lost, we turn back. Maybe it doesn't matter which road we embark on. Maybe what matters is that we embark."

Krishnamurti

"When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important."

Shakti Gawain

"An affirmation is a strong, positive statement that something is already so."

Ugly in mouth

Little Charlie swore terribly much. It was so bad that the other child's parents forbade their children to hang out with Donald. Donald had been sent home from a birthday party like other children in his class had because he swore.
Now it was time again for a birthday party and Kalle's Dad had a serious conversation with him before he left and Charlie promised expensive and Holy not to swear. In addition, promised his dad he a real spanking if he was sent home again.
Charlie walked away with exhortations are ringing in their ears, vattenkammad, in finkläderna and a gift in hand. After 20 minutes, Donald came home again. His father was furious and began to scold and beat Donald.
-Stupid kid, you could not help but to swear, sent home again, just wait.
-The fucking party was fuckin not until tomorrow, "replied Charlie.

How Not to Get Shocked in Sweden

Depending on the sense of humour one has, it can be rather funny to witness: a first-time visitor to Sweden force-squeezes his battery charger in a Swedish outlet, and receives the shock of a lifetime. Literally. He was just a little jumpy afterwards and had a new, really "electrifying" hairdo.
Of course, that visitor should have at least asked about the power outlet issue - instead of trying to force a Canadian power plug into a European power outlet in the middle of Stockholm, Sweden. Plugs and outlets are quite different in Sweden, and a whopping 220 volts come out of them. So believe me when I say that you really don't want to do what that visitor did. Inform yourself, and find out what kind of adapter or converter you need:
Electrical Outlets in Sweden - Which Type is Used in Sweden?

Dr. Thomas Dooley

"Dedicate some of your life to others. Your dedication will not be a sacrifice. It will be an exhilarating experience because it is an intense effort applied toward a meaningful end."

George Santayana

"The wisest mind has something yet to learn."

Plato

"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation."

Susan Sontag

"What is most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine."

Gut feeling boded no good

Sophiahemmet Gastro Centre, Stockholm

An older man makes himself available at the front desk for a gastroscopy.
Man: Yeah, now I'm here ...
Receptionist: can I have your social security number?
Man: why?
Receptionist: We must have the social security number on our patients.
Man: Oh well, just as if someone else were to expose themselves to this voluntarily ...

 

Peeking Inside an Ice Hotel

Looking at photos of ice hotels is intriguing, especially if you've never been to an ice hotel or if you prefer to save the $200-$400 a night in an ice hotel might cost you.

Most ice hotels also change their icy looks from year to year so visitors will see something new each year. Now there's a brand new photo gallery of ice hotels in Scandinavia. So grab a hot beverage, stay warm ...and simply peek inside these chilly hotels from your chair.

William Blake

"No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings."

Benjamin Franklin

"Anger is never without Reason, but seldom with a good One."

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

"There was something awesome in the thought of the solitary mortal standing by the open window and summoning in from the gloom outside the spirits of the nether world."

Mark Twain

"Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain."

To swap the whining against Djungelvrål

Bus between Oslo-Gothenburg

A boy ~ 5 and his MOM ~ 35 sitting on the bus. The boy is very noisy and fellow passengers have annoyed screwed on itself for a while. In the end goes a girl ~ 20 until the boy and hold up a bag of candy.
Girl: you get my whole bag of candy if you are quiet until we come to Gothenburg.
The boy reaches for the bag.
Girl: no, I promise that you'll get every single yummy if you are silent for an hour. I take time and you get the bag when we're ahead of the game.
She goes and sits down again.
The boy (to his mother): Mom, I want candy!
Mother: no, I have no candy. If you are kind now you get the candy out of the girl.
Boy: I WANT CANDY NOW, MOM!
The journey continues in anything but silence.

 

Unknown

"If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you don't wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes."

Steven Spielberg

"My parents taught me how to listen to everybody before I made up my own mind. When you listen, you learn. You absorb like a sponge-and your life becomes so much better than when you are just trying to be listened to all the time."

Samuel Goldwyn

"When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy."

Edward Chapin

"Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy."

Jessamyn West

"It is the loving, not the loved, woman who feels loveable."

Norman Maclean

"Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters."

Sylvia Plath

"There must be quite a few things a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them."

Samuel Butler

"I consider being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill."

Ethel Barrett

"We would worry less about what others think of us if we realized how seldom they do."

Wally 'Famous' Amos

"Life is just a mirror, and what you see out there, you must first see inside of you."

Josh Billings

"One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness."

Anonymous

"He deserves Paradise who makes his companions laugh."

Jim Morrison

"Death is only going to happen to you once; I don't want to miss it."

Alfred A. Montapert

"Avoid destructive thinking. Improper negative thoughts sink people. A ship can sail around the world many, many times, but just let enough water get into the ship and it will sink. Just so with the human mind. Let enough negative thoughts or improper thoughts get into the human mind and the person sinks just like a ship."

Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall."

Francis Quarles

"Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger."

Jeffrey Rowland

"We've always been here and we'll always be here. We are a specific arrangement of particles and this instant is infinite. Did we luck out, or didn't we? The odds against this sentence having ever being typed, much less the odds against you reading it were inconceivable. Smile, because the fact that you're able to is almost impossible to comprehend."

Carrie Fisher

"Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die."

Edna St. Vincent Millay

"Soar, eat ether, see what has never been seen; depart, be lost, but climb."

Helen Keller

"We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world."

How to Get Around the Airport

Stockholm-Arlanda Airport has four terminals in use. Since the airport is quite big, arriving can be a confusing experience. This month, our new travel articles include information on how to get around Scandinavia's main airports. If you're heading to one of them, don't miss these practical tips:

Mitch Albom

"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in."

Edith Wharton

"Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive."

Seneca

"It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted."

George Eliot

"Be courteous, be obliging, but don't give yourself over to be melted down for the benefit of the tallow trade."

Galling about airplane food

Subway, Oslo

Girl ~ 19 (to his friends): thus ... Salmonella, is it a disease or is there a cake? For I know that MOM got it once on the flight.

Isafjordur ....an Arctic Travel Secret

Isafjordur is a cozy town in northwest Iceland, on the edge of arctic wilderness. When looking out over the glittering sea, you realize that the Arctic is right out there, not far away. Visiting Isafjordur is truly enchanting and a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Literally translated as 'ice fjord', the hook-shaped city of Isafjordur is the capital of Vestfir?ir, the northwest region of Iceland (map). You can take the Ring Road to get here...more about Isafjordur

Anna Quindlen

"Voices that loud are always meant to bully. Do not be bullied. Acts of bravery don't always take place on battlefields. They can take place in your heart, when you have the courage to honor your character, your intellect, your inclinations, and, yes your soul by listening to its clean, clear voice of direction instead of following the muddied messages of a timid world."

Corita Kent

"Love the moment, and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries."

Storm Jameson

"For what I have received, may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received."

Emily Dickinson

"Anger as soon as fed is dead- / 'Tis starving makes it fat."

Fanciers training

Ica Park Hall, Örebro

A family is and daughter ~ 16 talking with her brother ~ 12 on the day.
Girl: Then begins the Christmas sales on Maundy Thursday?
Boy: Well I do not know ... Christmas sales are well when Jesus was and on Maundy Thursday was born he well?

Language Basics for Everyone

Want to learn a new language this year?

Over 5,000 languages exist today, but linguists and scientists say that there may be only 2,000 by the next decade as rare languages die out. The Scandinavian languages are not in danger of dying out any time soon, though - there are more than 20 million speakers of Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian today! Just make sure to get a few basic words down before you travel - it makes your trip so much more enjoyable.

When translating, be careful not to use phrases with double-meaning, though! A while ago, a truly memorable lesson was learned by the Swedish manufacturer Electrolux, when the company initiated their ad campaign in the US. They marketed the then latest top of the range vacuum cleaners using a memorable English slogan: "Nothing sucks like an Electrolux".

Hugh Macleod

"Your idea doesn't have to be big. It just has to be yours alone. The more the idea is yours alone, the more freedom you have to do something really amazing. The more amazing, the more people will click with your idea. The more people click with your idea, the more it will change the world."

Ecclesiastes

"Be not slow to visit the sick."

Martin Luther King Jr.

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."

The laws of Manu

"Depend not on another, but lean instead on thyself...True happiness is born of self-reliance."

A hissdiss

Georgetown Centre, Nacka

Elevator doors are just about to be closed when a man ~ 45, who wants to go with, running forward and press the button so they open again.
Female ~ 80 (inside the elevator): it is in here!
Man: I see it, I apologize.
Woman: Why pressed whether it was full?
Man: you can't see this from the outside.
The woman (shouting to the man before the doors can be closed): no, but to do it in here!

The Chinese New Year

The Lantern Festival is an event celebrating spring and the arrival of light (which, at this time of year, I eagerly anticipate).

This annual festival in Helsinki offers visitors an interesting peek into Chinese culture. The Lantern Festival is an event that takes place with the Chinese New Year and is suitable for all ages with entertainment, lots of lanterns, authentic Chinese rice dumplings and music.

More about the Lantern Festival in Helsinki...

Democritus

"Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence."

J. A. Spender

"'Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.' Under the influence of this pestilent morality, I am forever letting tomorrow's work slop backwards into today's, and doing painfully and nervously today what I could do quickly and easily tomorrow."

Moshe Dayan

"If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies."

Anton Chekhov

"Man is what he believes."

The new Fireman's system

The old man comes home from work one day and tell the missus:
-You know, we have a great system at the fire station. One call and we take all of our jackets. When the second ring slides we all down the pole. Third-place ring and we are ready to run away.
-It's great, "said the wife.
The Man:
-From now on, the same system here in the House. When I call out number one – I want you to dress of you naked. When I call the runner up – you jump in bed and when you hear the third – and we'll göka all night, "said fireman with a wink.
So the next night when he comes home from work and shouts:
-Ettan ...
The Lady takes off her all clothes.
He screams the runner-up ...
And she jumps into bed.
-Third, grunts, and they start göka but after just a few minutes shouting missus:
-Fourth Grade ...
-What does the fourth grade now then? ask the man
Wife:
-More slang … You're not even close to the fire …

The Scandinavian Mardi Gras

Are there Mardi Gras carnivals in Scandinavia? Certainly! The largest carnival in Northern Europe can be found in Aalborg, Denmark with colorful parades and celebrations. Now for the bad news: it doesn't take place in February.
The carnival in Aalborg is a popular annual event and takes place in May. That way, Scandinavians ensure that they can wear glittery bikini outfits and exotic costumes in warmer temperatures (see Weather in Scandinavia).
In 1982, four people created the carnival in Aalborg and since then, this annual event has grown into the largest carnival in Scandinavia: more than 100.000 people come together to enjoy summer and hot samba rhythms these days. Read more about THE Carnival in Scandinavia!
Related Scandinavia travel resources: Scandinavian Annual Events | Destination Denmark | Scandinavia in Spring

J. K. Rowling

"His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof."

Horace

"He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little."

Dr. Thomas Fuller

"Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The ancestor of every action is a thought."

Meeting with a spirit

Once upon a time there was an old woman who went to the beach. There sat an old man on a bench, and beside him sat a small man and played on a piano. The old woman walked up and said to the old man:
-Wow, that was a little man next to you.
-Yes, I met at a spirit and I got requests for me what I wanted, "replied the old man.
-Uh? Would I be able to encounter this spirit?
The old man replied, Yes, and called on the spirit.
The spirit asked the old woman what she wanted and she replied:
-100 million I want.
The genie nodded and disappeared and vips, so was there 100 melons beside old lady.
-But I said million, melons, complained about the old woman.
The old man answered:
-The spirit is bad. Do you really think I wanted me a 20 cm long pianist???

Time to Eat Rotten Meat Again

Yes, the time for Thorrablot has come again, the traditional Midwinter Feast in Iceland that includes ...shall we say yummy and, uh, kid-friendly foods like ... putrefied shark and sheep heads. And that's no bull.

The midwinter feast Thorrablot in Iceland is held at any time during the month of ?orri, which begins on the first Friday after January 19th (the 13th week of winter) in Iceland. Thorrablot (Icelandic: "?orrabl?t") takes place in the coldest ...more about Thorrablot.

Stephenie Meyer

"I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars."

Martha Nussbaum

"But the life that no longer trust another human being and no longer forms ties to the political community is not a human life any longer."

Ancient Proverb

"Good habits result from resisting temptation."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,/ And all the sweet serenity of books."

Gold fish swim clear

There was once a little boy who sat behind her house and dug a grave for his dead goldfish when the curious grannkärringen peeped out over the fence and said:
-What do you do?
-I dig a pit for my Goldfish have died .....: (
-Oh well, ' said the old lady with a bit plaintive voice, but why is the pit so large?
-They are so your damn cat ate him up!

What February Brings...

February is a quiet month for winter travelers - which means that February travelers will be able to save quite a bit. If you enjoy winter sports but are on a tight budget, come to the Scandinavian countries in February. For travelers, February offers fewer crowds, amazing natural phenomena and great winter activities...to learn more, visit these in-depth articles.

Anne Tyler

"I've never quite believed that one chance is all I get."

Thomas Paine

"The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion."

Edith Sitwell

"My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence."

Susan Sontag

"The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people's reality, and eventually in one's own."

Being green at colours and get his MOM to see red

City Bus, Örnsköldsvik

Boy ~ 4: But ... Why not run?
Mother ~ 40: Yes, but what is the color of the lights now?
Boy: Red!
Mother: And when it is red, then they should not run.
The boy (happily): But then it becomes yellow, then they should run a little bit ... Then it becomes green, then they should run really fast!

What's on February 6?

February 6 is a significant date for many locals in the Scandinavian countries (and elsewhere) and it might impact your travel plans slightly. Do you know what is so special about February 6? (I'll give you a tip: A flag with 4 colors is involved.)
Find out here.

Steve Jobs

"Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."

Sean Stewart

"There are so many different ways lives work out, so many stories, and every one of them is precious: full of joy and heartbreak, and a fair amount of situation comedy."

Eudora Welty

"For the night was not impartial. No, the night loved some more than others, served some more than others."

If your friend isn't gay, is she happy?

Bus 400 at Tibro

Girl 1 ~ 20: on that note, I don't understand why everyone wants a gay guys to mate!
Girl 2 ~ 20: Uh?
Girl 1: no so I have you!

Elizabeth Moon

"No matter what I do, no matter how predictable I try to make my life, it will not be any more predictable than the rest of the world. Which is chaotic."

William Blake

"When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius; lift up thy head!"

Thomas A. Edison

"Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration."

James Rippe

"Exercise alone provides psychological and physical benefits. However, if you also adopt a strategy that engages your mind while you exercise, you can get a whole host of psychological benefits fairly quickly."

John Mankiewicz

"Enough organization, enough lists and we think we can control the uncontrollable."

Linda Berdoll

"How soon was it that the dead are brought to deity in the eyes of those who in life found them little regard."

Erica Jong

"If you don't risk anything you risk even more."

Jacob Braude

"Always behave like a duck - keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath."

Barack Obama

"I've come to embrace the notion that I haven't done enough in my life. I've come to confirm that one's title, even a title like president of the United States, says very little about how well one's life has been led. No matter how much you've done or how successful you've been, there's always more to do, always more to learn, and always more to achieve."

Ruby Dee

"The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity."

Hugh Elliott

"When a miracle happens, even if not to you, its nature is to naturally expand. You can almost feel the warmth on your face."

Audrey Giorgi

"Once in a while you have to take a break and visit yourself."

Virginia Kelley

"There is nothing like a newborn baby to renew your spirit - and to buttress your resolve to make the world a better place."

Sir Wilfred Grenfell

"Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile."

Payne Stewart

"I'm going to a special place when I die, but I want to make sure my life is special while I'm here."

W. Somerset Maugham

"When you have loved as she has loved, you grow old beautifully."