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Monday, September 17th, 2007

On Day 11, I awoke in my elf room, fixed breakfast, checked out and headed for the Svolvær town center.  It rained again much of the day.  I passed the time mostly hanging out in Cod Stew again.  There I met a couple American brothers, one of whom is actually training for the decathlon in the next Olympic games.  I was quick to graciously share with him everything I know about athletic competition, especially my personal experience in maintaining a disciplined work-out routine.  For the sake of the USA, let’s hope he disregards everything I said. [read on]

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Chilling Out

Saturday, September 15th, 2007

I rode an overnight train from Stockholm to northern Sweden–the Lappland–on September 11.  The sleeper cabin had a triple bunk bed in it, straight out of a Three Stooges episode.  I envisioned my bunkmates and I reaching around and swatting at each other all night trying to stop one another from snoring.  I chose the top bunk, figuring it would provide the most privacy and keep me out of swatting range from at least the guy on the bottom.  When I located my cabin, one man was already in there.  His name is Tuva.  Tuva is a portly fellow.  Think John Candy in “Planes, Trains and Automobiles.”  A very friendly and knowledgable young guy, he was returning home from an interview in Stockholm.  He recently completed his graduate thesis in political science, comparing the constitutions of various Scandinavian countries.  He treated me to a primer on Scandinavian history, explaining that at one point in time, Sweden controlled Norway and that at another point in time, Sweden was a superpower, controlling a vast region, including Finnland and the Baltic countries, until Russia nabbed them away. [read on]

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