16 November 2010

Norway - Trondheim the Terrific

We're really glad we got that nice little peak into the hidden kingdom. Pinky worked so hard to find a viable Bhutanese station. High point: the singing contest between random people with beautiful voices calling in and singing a capella over the phone. Low point: that completely unexpected hour of American pop country music. All in all, we dug it.

We haven't been to Scandinavia for a while, so what do you say we head to Norway

Although there's a little Norwegian Kroner (the safest currency in the world!) rattling around in Pinky's wallet right now, our collective only experience with the country is watching it out of the plane window. There was a lot of patchwork water down there. 

Our friend Kesi went kayaking through the fjords earlier this summer. Did you know they can fit a cruise ship into those?! Kesi said it was incredibly beautiful and that it was the most amazing trip she'd ever been on and that she wouldn't be the least bit surprised if she'd turned around and seen a unicorn. We'd say that's a pretty good endorsement.

we're pretty sure there is a unicorn in there somewhere...

OK, so today's station comes to us from Trondheim, which breaks our recent trend of listening to stations from capital cities. Trondheim has been the Viking capital of Norway since approximately 997 an the actual capital until 1217. The city has survived several major fires and was even occupied by the Nazis from 1940 - 1945. Sweet Jesus Pete, that's enough for one city, dontcha think? Anyway, now Trondheim is the educational center of Norway and is home to Norwegian University of Science and Technology.



it's just so blinking quaint!

Also, Trondheim sits on the Trondheimfjorden and is bisected by the River Nidelva. It just looks so inviting!

we want to go to there!

Let's tune in to Radio Revolt and see if we can hear any unicorns. We bet if we do that they'll sound something like this:



Enough mythical creatures already! Tune in! PS: Ellen can say "I love you" in Norwegian (jeg elsker deg). You should be impressed. She can also say cold in "cold" in Hindi (thand). Both of these are courtesy of her college roommate, Caitlin.



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