Pining for the Fjords

My carry-on is packed for a new adventure: Scandinavia! I’ve wanted to see it for years and finally the stars aligned with airline mileage for the flight into Stockholm and out of Oslo. Another factor is that with my new vocation as Ombudsperson, which position originated in 13th century Sweden, I have an additional purpose in going which is to meet and interview a couple of Ombuds over there. The other, and probably most important reason, is that my DNA shows that my dad has some Scandinavian heritage, so I’ll go see if I can stumble into some long lost relative.

John Cleese and Michael Palin are additional sources of inspiration via the hilarious Dead Parrot skit where Palin said that the parrot from the pet shop was merely ‘pining for the fjords’ and not really passed on. I really can’t wait to see the glacial waters as well as all of the land of the midnight sun in its summer splendor.

July 1, 2019