Do the Swedes have all the fun?

[Steve Lansdowne]

So, what DOES a healthy, fun loving, attractive single 31 year old Swedish girl do for fun? Betcha can't guess ...

http://www.rockportpilot.com/articles/2005/12/09/news/news01.txt

[bamamick]

Well, it says that she does have a boyfriend. Before I read that part I was going to comment that she wouldn't stay single for long.

Actually I don't think that such adventures are that uncommon. America seems to draw such people. A couple of times I have worked in Germany and have met several people (although never a young woman) who have traveled to the States after school and either hiked or ridden bikes through a large part of the country.

Wouldn't that be an awesome thing for any of US to have done?

Mickey Lake

[emichaels]

My nephew who is Norwegian and is dating a Swede girl are planning, togeather to travel America before college. So perhaps it is the Swedes and the Norwegians with the Swedish girls, having all the fun............

When I lived in Germany many of the young guys that worked in the plant where I was engineering a machine often asked a lot of questions pertaining to "freedom" to travel anywhere in the US in any way one wanted to. It is a little ironic after having spent a year living in Germany and several trips to Norway. I would want to do the same in either of those countries, especially Norway (sorry Marc und Kristine). I mean Norway is an entire large country kinda of like Colorado and Montana and Maine all rolled into one. Throw in a couple of really cool
cities to hang out in and man, a person can have a really fine time there.

Eric

[ 12-18-2005, 06:31 PM: Message edited by: emichaels ]

[Bruce Hooke]

Try staying in a Youth Hostel in New York City and you'll find that there are quite a few young men and women from various other parts of the world who have found ways to spend time travelling around the United States. I spent a few nights in a couple of Youth Hostels on the Upper West Side of NYC (near the north end of Central Park) and almost everyone else in both the Youth Hostels seemed to be from overseas.

Granted, most of them are traveling via more every-day modes of transportation than Ms. Chlumska...

[joejapan]

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I didn't kayak or ride a bicycle, but I did hitch hike from MS to NY, Miami, LA, Chicago, SF, Seattle, Mexico City, and Denver. I slept in culverts, in haystacks, under bridges, in hopsitals and funeral homes, in a free/empty jail cell, in a lotta' big rig sleepers, and stayed a week in a linen closet in a Miami Beach hotel. I later did the same thing on a motorcycle with a sleeping bag and a tent.

Before around 1980 I used to meet a lot of young Europeans traveling the States but after I moved out to the West Coast, I didn't see so many anymore. I know a lot of European and South American college students buy motorcycles and do the "Easy Rider" thing around the South and Southwest part of the U.S. The Japanese do the same with LA, Las Vegas, Banff and Lake Louise Canada, and Niagra Falls.

When I began traveling Central America I was suprised to find so many Northern Europeans bicycling, motorbiking and sailing all over. They could be found anywhere one went....lots of 'em. I also enjoyed seeing the large, colored national flags on their backpacks, tents, bicycles and anything big. They told me they didn't want to be confused with Americans and get themselves shot !

New Zeland sure packs 'em in. I met quie a few lovely young female Europeans in the youth hostels who were biking and hiking through New Zeland and a large number of guys riding motorcycles around the country. Can't blame 'em, it's really beautiful and has lots of convienient campgrounds and nice Youth Hostels.

Japan has probably the nicest, cleanest and certainly the safest youth hostels I've ever stayed in. They don't have age limitations on them over here and some have family accomodations. They are full of foreign, and local college students as well as many older people traveling around Japan on the train. It's expensive over here and there aren't camping places anywhere near the cities so Youth Hostels are the cheapest way to go.

[bamamick]

Upon further investigation it appears that Renata is quite the young lady. She's climbed Everest and trekked all over the world. She lists her occupation as 'professional adventurer' and has been listed by Outside magazine alongside Emma Richards as one of the new breed of female adventure athletes.

Of course, neither Renata or Emma are hard to look at which is probably a big factor in them being featured in the magazine, but good on 'em anyway.

Man, if I was just 25 again and back at 180 pounds maybe I could snag myself a professional outdoor adventurer. Nah. Makes me tired even thinking about it.

Mickey Lake

[ 12-21-2005, 03:53 PM: Message edited by: bamamick ]

[emichaels]

Hey Mickey its still good dayfreaming material isn't it .... :D


Eric