Wed, 23 Feb 2005

Going to Telemarken, Norway

I just bought tickets to go to Norway at the end of next month. It's taken a while to make up my mind, but thankfully Brande was persuasive and kept insisting that I should come. I'm sure I won't regret.

Brande is my sister's boyfriend, and has British/Danish double nationality. For some reason, his Danish family owns a part of a hotel in Telemarken, so he can book rooms for a totally ridiculous price for Spain, which is like 10+ times cheaper than the normal price in Norway, apparently.

The plan is to go there, three of us at the moment, and do some skiing, climbing the hills all over the place for one week. I fear the low temperatures, despite we'll go at the end of March. I'm simply not made for the cold. The other day Brande showed me a few pics of his other ski trips to Telemarken and it looks like we'll have a great time.

Oh, and then, there's the crazy sauna thing. I hear that there's this tradition of going into the sauna after your long ski day, and after you've been inside that hell for a while, you go out naked and lay on the snow for as much time as you can. That can't be good for my health.

I'm looking forward to my longest trip (in distance) ever. The farthest place I had visited before was London/Oxford, so imagine.

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Dude, GET SOME BODY FAT.

Posted by daniels at Wed Feb 23 07:03:04 2005

Hey, read your post at planet.gnome, and I just want to say that it's spelled Telemark, without the -en ending :)

Greets Kenneth Østby

Posted by Kenneth Østby at Wed Feb 23 11:13:53 2005

I wondered that, because Google told me it was Telemark too. But Brande always talks about Telemarken, so I don't know if he has a reason for calling it like this. I will ask.

Thanks for the correction. :)

Posted by Jordi at Wed Feb 23 11:23:53 2005

You´re right Ken, it´s Telemark - I put it down to one of my "Danish-isms" where "Telemarken" refers to "the Telemark (region)".
I also agree with Daniels. Jordi, it´s about time you start cultivating some of your subcutaneous adipose tissue.
Brande.

Posted by Brande at Wed Feb 23 15:12:17 2005

Hey, people usually start doing sport to get slimmer, but you need to eat quite more and to do some sport before going skiing.
Don't forget to run with your flatmate!
Kiko.

Posted by Kiko at Thu Feb 24 00:02:35 2005

Jordi, if you need a Danish translator, just let me know (and pay the travel expenses ;-)

Posted by Quique at Wed Mar 9 17:50:38 2005