Hej ThrallThrall wrote:On a similar vein, as my west coast father said about Edinburgh where he lived for thirty years, "its a good place to come from".
Having just spent a week working in the Faeroe Islands, with the wind never dropping below force 8, and heavy horizontal rain to boot, I was tempted to echo his sentiments; the inhabitants are great though! The infamous Icelandic weather seemed marvelous on my return.
Thrall
Without wishing to hijack Ted's thread I'm absolutely fascinated to know what took you to Føroyar
One of the places in the Western world where it's even more difficult to buy alcohol than Sverige , - that is, outside the hours that Systemet, the state alcohol monopoly shops are open ........
Even after 6 years in Sweden I still hadn't totally integrated to the extent of, should I fancy a bottle of wine Sunday lunchtime, then realising that you had to remember to have bought it before Systemet closed at 6pm on Friday for the weekend, truly
Heard the (apochryphal?) story of the panic telephone call from the import agent at Riyadh airport to the British Embassy, - "Please come quick, your piano is leaking"
David