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I'm still shocked that people actually make an effort to come visit Halifax, or Atlantic Canada in general.
Don't get me wrong, I love my country and it's not a bad place to live, but it's boring as shit. If anyone from Europe is considering visiting, go to New York instead; it's much more interesting.
I'm not going to lie, going to Atlantic Canada was just plain boring. At one hand, it is really beautiful, on the other hand Trees, cliffs, sea and flat moors getting mighty boring, mighty quick.
I can't say anything though, the most interesting thing in my town is downtown and the Victorian house area. The rest of it is fields and cows.
Honestly, after 5 minutes of the 'scenery', you're best off staying in the cities and surrounding suburbs, though it's not like there's much to do there either.
The fact that Halifax is the most interesting part of the region is pretty depressing.
Is that Gjetost cheese? I work in a deli and my co-worker and I decided to put out samples of it with some fruit and everyone loved it. Even my manager, who didn't want to try it, said she really liked it. We want to do a 'Norwegian Awareness Week' , though we just have Lefse and Jarlsberg Swiss to add to it.
"Brunost" or brown cheese over here comes in two forms:
* "Fløtemysost" which means "creamy whey cheese," is made from cow's milk and was the original one.
* "Gudbrandsdalost" which is cheese originating from the Gudbrans valley (dal), which is when they mixed in goat milk in the original one.
I personally can't stand the goat cheese variety because it's way too sharp for me, the creamy one is very mild (waffles with creamy brown cheese is as close to culinary heaven as you can come).
I'm glad you guys liked it, I hope it was genuine because I went to IHOP when I was over in America and their "Swedish pancakes" were horrible. I didn't like any of their pancakes at all, my (American) girlfriend tried our version and she instantly fell in love.
We have very thin greasy pancakes that you cover in sugar and roll together. Swedish pea soup works perfectly in tandem as well, it's one of my favorite dishes ever and easy to make.
It seems like the one we have is the Fløtemysost:
Not sure if the pancakes would be genuine. I checked their website and it says they're Scandinavian, but they're made in Minnesota. The wiki article says the lefse is often mixed with brunost, so we might have to try that with some sugar.
I would really like to visit Scandinavia and Northern Europe someday. The closest I've come is a short layover in Helsinki on the trip over to the states. For some reason I've never been as interested in the 'big travel' countries like France and Italy and Spain as much as the ones further up north and Eastern Europe.
I say this as a Pole: Eastern Europe is a kind of neat place in the way that a big city is a neat place. It has its own seedy parts that are somehow still lovable, then it has its fuckawesome parts that you could hang out in again and again.
Well, we didn't need to compensate for a lack of huge balls!
You had giant horns or your helmets and your ships had giant wooden shafts off their bows!
The horns are a Victorian fabrication.
And I will also point out that the Vikings sailed to America (well, Canada), thought "fuck that", and decided to take their chances with Greenland. Because a fertile land with sheltered rivers and a suitable base for seasonal boat repair just wasn't hardcore enough.
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ShadowfireVermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered Userregular
edited May 2009
I have to ask... what was your experience with the prices in the U.S. like? I had a woman in my store yesterday who had just moved here from the UK, and was screaming at me about the price of groceries. Unfortunately, groceries in this area are damn expensive, but the way she was yelling was as if I had taken her baby in trade.
I had always heard that grocery prices, etc. were higher in Europe. Gas certainly is and you'd think goods would be as well. This seemed to be the case the last time I was in the EU, but that was in 2005 and things have changed a lot since then.
I'm still shocked that people actually make an effort to come visit Halifax, or Atlantic Canada in general.
Don't get me wrong, I love my country and it's not a bad place to live, but it's boring as shit. If anyone from Europe is considering visiting, go to New York instead; it's much more interesting.
I'm not going to lie, going to Atlantic Canada was just plain boring. At one hand, it is really beautiful, on the other hand Trees, cliffs, sea and flat moors getting mighty boring, mighty quick.
I can't say anything though, the most interesting thing in my town is downtown and the Victorian house area. The rest of it is fields and cows.
Honestly, after 5 minutes of the 'scenery', you're best off staying in the cities and surrounding suburbs, though it's not like there's much to do there either.
The fact that Halifax is the most interesting part of the region is pretty depressing.
It should be noted that pretty much every part of the US has some sort of natural space. For example, Mass, the second most densely populated state (and most densely populated is you don't count all the zombie-like mutants in New Jersey), has pretty much all of Cape Cod and the Harbor Islands (if you visit the state, make sure to try the trail to the Brewster Flats that starts behind the natural history museum, and bring your bike for the extensive system of bike paths produced by paving over old rail lines), as well as some state forests and parks in western Mass. And of course there are the thousands of historical sites that come from being one of the oldest American settlements that wasn't given smallpox blankets and being the most active in the push for independence.
I had always heard that grocery prices, etc. were higher in Europe. Gas certainly is and you'd think goods would be as well. This seemed to be the case the last time I was in the EU, but that was in 2005 and things have changed a lot since then.
I won't lie; Norway is one of the most expensive countries in the world. Our gas prices would likely spark a civil war in the US, I calculated from kroner and liters and it's almost exactly $7 a gallon (6.96).
We also have very high taxes, and when my fiancee paid for some of the groceries when she visited Norway she was gasping afterward when she did the conversion from kroner to dollars.
Of course, to offset this our earnings are quite high; it's a common saying to get rich in Norway and then move to Thailand or wherever.
That said, I honestly only have one complaint when it comes to Norway, and that's the cold and winter depression up north; it's horrible. So much so that I want to move purely because of it.
Right now my choices are Victoria, BC in Canada (the most expensive choice), fiance visa and 8 months processing time and then college in California, or staying in Norway, getting a full time job and she'll move here (likely delaying my education three years).
I'm thinking of making a thread in the help section, 'cause it's a freaking tough decision that we've struggled with for half a year now.
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MrMisterJesus dying on the cross in pain? Morally better than us. One has to go "all in".Registered Userregular
I had always heard that grocery prices, etc. were higher in Europe. Gas certainly is and you'd think goods would be as well. This seemed to be the case the last time I was in the EU, but that was in 2005 and things have changed a lot since then.
I had always heard that grocery prices, etc. were higher in Europe. Gas certainly is and you'd think goods would be as well. This seemed to be the case the last time I was in the EU, but that was in 2005 and things have changed a lot since then.
For as far as I am aware only Manhattan had more expensive coffee than Utrecht, Netherlands. And we don't get free refills.
Seriously guys, whoever came up with the concept of refills must be crowned emperor of the galaxy stat.
We have very thin greasy pancakes that you cover in sugar and roll together. Swedish pea soup works perfectly in tandem as well, it's one of my favorite dishes ever and easy to make.
I tried those pancakes in "Tivoli" and they put strawberry jam and vanilla ice-cream in them and they were amazing, Seriously Scandinavia is such an underrated place.
It's always France this, Spain that, Italy etc. And it's always about their food too, but Scandinavia is always overlooked (even I overlooked it til I went there) and it's really unfair because there's just as much culture and awesome stuff there as the rest of continental Europe.
And tourism to Spain is dominated by Basque areas. People need to start visiting Madrid and south of there, like Cordoba and Granada.
I went to Madrid a few months ago for a week - I had a great time and would heartily recommend visiting there and the hinterland of Castille. The main problem I found though was that there is a very low level of English comprehension, outside of hotels, so it would really help to do a bit of work on your Spanish before going.
Well, we didn't need to compensate for a lack of huge balls!
You had giant horns or your helmets and your ships had giant wooden shafts off their bows!
The horns are a Victorian fabrication.
And I will also point out that the Vikings sailed to America (well, Canada), thought "fuck that", and decided to take their chances with Greenland. Because a fertile land with sheltered rivers and a suitable base for seasonal boat repair just wasn't hardcore enough.
The horns on helmets thing is silly. They were helmets with two holes in them, people.
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MichaelLCIn what furnace was thy brain?ChicagoRegistered Userregular
Everyone who visits the US goes to the wrong states. They always stay on the coasts, either east or west. Well next time come to Montana! And see what America is really about!! Make sure you visit Glacier National Park, then swing south to Yellowstone in Montana/Wyoming.
As someone who's hit 33 of the 50 states thus far....yeah, the coasts tend to be more interesting. Not to say there's not states that don't have much to do, there just tends to be more....variety, if only due to having more populated areas to go to.
Montana's actually pretty high on my list of ones to visit of the remaining 17, though - I really want to spend some time hiking in Glacier National Park.
Glacier was amazing. Probably my favorite national/state park. Mostly because we got to see several grown men piss themselves when a bear passed near us. It was certainly the most wild of the parks.
I had always heard that grocery prices, etc. were higher in Europe. Gas certainly is and you'd think goods would be as well. This seemed to be the case the last time I was in the EU, but that was in 2005 and things have changed a lot since then.
I won't lie; Norway is one of the most expensive countries in the world. Our gas prices would likely spark a civil war in the US, I calculated from kroner and liters and it's almost exactly $7 a gallon (6.96).
We also have very high taxes, and when my fiancee paid for some of the groceries when she visited Norway she was gasping afterward when she did the conversion from kroner to dollars.
Of course, to offset this our earnings are quite high; it's a common saying to get rich in Norway and then move to Thailand or wherever.
That said, I honestly only have one complaint when it comes to Norway, and that's the cold and winter depression up north; it's horrible. So much so that I want to move purely because of it.
Right now my choices are Victoria, BC in Canada (the most expensive choice), fiance visa and 8 months processing time and then college in California, or staying in Norway, getting a full time job and she'll move here (likely delaying my education three years).
I'm thinking of making a thread in the help section, 'cause it's a freaking tough decision that we've struggled with for half a year now.
Ha, $7 a gallon, when I left the UK last year gas prices were up to $12 a gallon. Although they're a bit lower now.
Ha, $7 a gallon, when I left the UK last year gas prices were up to $12 a gallon. Although they're a bit lower now.
It's been a lot worse over here, and the dollar is higher now.
I've been to London, it's expensive but it can't beat most of our prices on average.
Burgerking Big King XXL is $22 for example. Oslo is cheaper on junkfood but it's still pretty ludicrous.
Though our wages are higher, so I guess it's a bit more of a ripoff over there.
Obviously they couldn't charge so much if your wages weren't so high.
Maybe a Bug King XXL will only cost $5 in the US, but the wage will be significantly lower so it evens out. I know that the minimum wage in Scandinavia is ludicrously high compared to the minimum wage in the US, so it's ok. It's all about the currency.
However, it's awesome for you guys to go shopping in America since everything would be so much cheaper, but not the other way round.
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Honestly, after 5 minutes of the 'scenery', you're best off staying in the cities and surrounding suburbs, though it's not like there's much to do there either.
The fact that Halifax is the most interesting part of the region is pretty depressing.
It seems like the one we have is the Fløtemysost:
Not sure if the pancakes would be genuine. I checked their website and it says they're Scandinavian, but they're made in Minnesota. The wiki article says the lefse is often mixed with brunost, so we might have to try that with some sugar.
I would really like to visit Scandinavia and Northern Europe someday. The closest I've come is a short layover in Helsinki on the trip over to the states. For some reason I've never been as interested in the 'big travel' countries like France and Italy and Spain as much as the ones further up north and Eastern Europe.
The horns are a Victorian fabrication.
And I will also point out that the Vikings sailed to America (well, Canada), thought "fuck that", and decided to take their chances with Greenland. Because a fertile land with sheltered rivers and a suitable base for seasonal boat repair just wasn't hardcore enough.
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It should be noted that pretty much every part of the US has some sort of natural space. For example, Mass, the second most densely populated state (and most densely populated is you don't count all the zombie-like mutants in New Jersey), has pretty much all of Cape Cod and the Harbor Islands (if you visit the state, make sure to try the trail to the Brewster Flats that starts behind the natural history museum, and bring your bike for the extensive system of bike paths produced by paving over old rail lines), as well as some state forests and parks in western Mass. And of course there are the thousands of historical sites that come from being one of the oldest American settlements that wasn't given smallpox blankets and being the most active in the push for independence.
I won't lie; Norway is one of the most expensive countries in the world. Our gas prices would likely spark a civil war in the US, I calculated from kroner and liters and it's almost exactly $7 a gallon (6.96).
We also have very high taxes, and when my fiancee paid for some of the groceries when she visited Norway she was gasping afterward when she did the conversion from kroner to dollars.
Of course, to offset this our earnings are quite high; it's a common saying to get rich in Norway and then move to Thailand or wherever.
That said, I honestly only have one complaint when it comes to Norway, and that's the cold and winter depression up north; it's horrible. So much so that I want to move purely because of it.
Right now my choices are Victoria, BC in Canada (the most expensive choice), fiance visa and 8 months processing time and then college in California, or staying in Norway, getting a full time job and she'll move here (likely delaying my education three years).
I'm thinking of making a thread in the help section, 'cause it's a freaking tough decision that we've struggled with for half a year now.
Gotta pay for the social safety net somehow.
Earth Sheltered living?
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http://www.calearth.org/ ?
Seriously guys, whoever came up with the concept of refills must be crowned emperor of the galaxy stat.
Geotectures, I meant.
Don't you have entire developments of them?
I went to Madrid a few months ago for a week - I had a great time and would heartily recommend visiting there and the hinterland of Castille. The main problem I found though was that there is a very low level of English comprehension, outside of hotels, so it would really help to do a bit of work on your Spanish before going.
The horns on helmets thing is silly. They were helmets with two holes in them, people.
Glacier was amazing. Probably my favorite national/state park. Mostly because we got to see several grown men piss themselves when a bear passed near us. It was certainly the most wild of the parks.
Ha, $7 a gallon, when I left the UK last year gas prices were up to $12 a gallon. Although they're a bit lower now.
It's been a lot worse over here, and the dollar is higher now.
I've been to London, it's expensive but it can't beat most of our prices on average.
Burgerking Big King XXL is $22 for example. Oslo is cheaper on junkfood but it's still pretty ludicrous.
Though our wages are higher, so I guess it's a bit more of a ripoff over there.
Obviously they couldn't charge so much if your wages weren't so high.
Maybe a Bug King XXL will only cost $5 in the US, but the wage will be significantly lower so it evens out. I know that the minimum wage in Scandinavia is ludicrously high compared to the minimum wage in the US, so it's ok. It's all about the currency.
However, it's awesome for you guys to go shopping in America since everything would be so much cheaper, but not the other way round.