Scandinavia?

[Luvara]

Hey guys! :) What do you Scandinavians say about a nice lil' gathering for us WotR-ers here in Scandinavia somewhere? We can meet and have a great time, maybe watch all the three extended editions? :) Does anyone have an idea for a place to be? :)

EDIT: Ooops, I posted it in the wrong forum! :blush: Does any nice Mod want to move it to the Gathering forum? :grin: Thanks! :blush:

[Cuiel Rilwen]

I'll give Nessa a hint, she's online!

And yes I would be interested...we're kinda far apart tho. I tried to make it happen when I was in Sweden this summer but none could come. But I'm optimistic, so lets try again! :grin:

[Nessa the Dancer]

Hint taken ;) all moved ladies, have fun!

[Cuiel Rilwen]

Thanks sweetie!:)

[Luvara]

Thanks Nessa! :)

Well Cuiel, at least there's two of us... lol We can have our own gathering ;)

[Cuiel Rilwen]

Sure we can! I haven't seen neither Polly nor Bramble around lately. There are some new norwegian members around, hopefully someone will see this! :)

[Bane of Lunazra]

hey i'm from Florida! but hey anyway! lol wuts up?

[Cuiel Rilwen]

Nothing yet Bane! lol

[Bane of Lunazra]

lol -awesome - i luv nothing! lets lounge!

[Cuiel Rilwen]

Hahaha I love that "lets lounge"!

[Bane of Lunazra]

heee heee . well i mean it. if there nothing to do, do nothing. lol and chill

[Isáwien]

Hey, I've been waiting for a gathering here in Sweden for a hundred years now! I'm definitely interested.

[Cuiel Rilwen]

Grand! Lets hope it happens! :)

[Luvara]

Oooh, great! :grin: What do you guys say about a gathering at the next Sci-Fi, Filma and Game convention (the ones that are in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö)? I've met both Billy Boyd and John R-D at those conventions, so why not? :grin:

[Cuiel Rilwen]

Would be great...but when are those? I'm going to Stockholm sometime in february...furniture fair!

[Isáwien]

I agree with Cuiel, that would be awesome!
I only live 40 min outside Stockholm so I'm free to go anytime :)

[Luvara]

Well, the one in Stockholm was in October, but there'll be one in Gothenburg and one in Malmö too (hopefully). We'll have to keep an eye at this site: Propworld (http://www.propworld.nu/)

[Cuiel Rilwen]

Oh ok. I looked at that site...couldn't find a place to subscribe to news...but if you go there every once in a while I guess you'll be bringing us the word? It would be so much fun to meet you guys. I do have a pretty stuffed winter and spring ahead but I won't give any lame excuses not to go if its truly possible for me to do it. :)

[Luvara]

Hey! :grin: There'll be a convention in Gothenburg in March, but they haven't announced the guests yet.... what do you say? check out www.propworld.nu for more news! :)

[Cuiel Rilwen]

Oh dang it...I think that's the dates for the fair in Ålesund. :( *pulls hair out* Oh I hope they at least collide in a good manner...such as if I would be able to go to Gothenburg straight after the fair is done! Would be a shorter distance than from home! I prob won't be getting the exact dates until mid january. Lets keep eachother posted! :thumbs:

[Luvara]

Oh dang it...I think that's the dates for the fair in Ålesund. :( *pulls hair out* Oh I hope they at least collide in a good manner...such as if I would be able to go to Gothenburg straight after the fair is done! Would be a shorter distance than from home! I prob won't be getting the exact dates until mid january. Lets keep eachother posted! :thumbs:

Awwww... :( Would love to meet you!

[Cuiel Rilwen]

Likewise sweetie...I have no further info yet...will post as soon as I know.

[Bramblerose Bunce]

I would love it if we could get together us Scandinavians. I must however say that I am a little short on cash at the moment...and I am busy like heck with school, which explains why no one has seen me in a while..also I have been out seeing the world. ;) When will those conventions be?

[Naru`vatar]

The current convention will be in Gotenburg at the Swedish Convetion Centre. (My school is just across the street so i can get there within seconds great huh?) And the date is 12-13 march. They have yet to reveal the guests who will be there but il keep an eye on it. Id love to meet you guys.
See you there Luvara :thumbs: Cant really belive this is happening. I loved the convetion 2004 and they say this one is gonna be bigger! :whoohoo:

[Cuiel Rilwen]

Ah good more scandinavian ringers! I'll ask my boss on monday when the fair is, I think he might know by this time.

[Cuiel Rilwen]

I'm sorry to say the convention crashes totally with the furniture fair. :( Only chance is if we deside not to go, which I doubt will happen.

[Luvara]

Oooh,oooh, more Scandinavians! :grin: lol Naru, I'll see you there! ;) And I really hope all of you can come!

[Naru`vatar]

IVE GOT GREAT NEWS!!!!!

The list of guest we will see at the convention:

1. Jeremy Bulloch: Boba Fett :cool:
2. Robert Englund: Freddy Kreuger
3. Kenny Baker: RD-D2
4. Now....Hold your breath everyone: The last guest is.......SEAN ASTIN!!!!!!
Our own beloved Samwise Gamge :sam: :hooray: :whoohoo: :hyper: !

[Luvara]

My friend just called me and was totally hysterical and told me to check out the website and YAY!! :grin: Sean!! This will be great!

[Cuiel Rilwen]

Arrrrghhhh! I GOTTA work some more on making it happen! I learned yesterday that I won't be going to that fair anyways, so that makes the dates less complicated...now for finding a way to get there! Where are you guys staying while there?

[Luvara]

Well, both Naru and I live in Gothenburg, so we'll be staying in our houses I guess! hehe ;) But I'm sure you can find a nice and cheap hotel not too far from the place where it's going to be held! :grin:

[Cuiel Rilwen]

Ofcourse you are I forgot! lol Do you suppose one has to be early to order tickets for the event?

[Naru`vatar]

I dont think you need to order any tickets. You just pay and they will let you in. I belive it worked that way the last time. How about Gothia Towers? Its next to the convention lol. Im just kidding. Im afraid its a bit expensive. Im sure Luv and I can help if you dont find anything.

[Luvara]

Yeah, you pay when you get there so you don't have to order them! :) Great, isn't it? And just like Naru said, I think Gothia Towers can be a wee bit expensive ;) hehehe

[Cuiel Rilwen]

I've only been in Gothenburg once and we were camping, so I know zit about where to stay! Now I'm gonna look into plaintickets this weekend so if I find it's affordable and I can have a few days off work I might be able to make it. I'll get back to the housing issue after that! :)

[Azaelia Gamgee]

i want to go there one day to see what its like

[Cuiel Rilwen]

This is not looking good girls. I can't even get to Stockholm for less than 2000! The trainfare to Gothenburg won't be murder I suppose...but then there's hotel and a girls' gotta eat! My wallet is hurting from the shere thought of it! On second thought it must be phantom pains cuz there really isn't that much in it! lol

Unless a miracle occurs this is not gonna happen. :mecry.

[Bane of Lunazra]

hey u guys - long time no see - so wuts happening?

[Luvara]

Awwww.... :( *crosses fingers for a miracle* It would've been so much fun meeting you all!

And Bane of Lunazra, go back and read what we've been writing and you'll know everything about the con! :)

[Bane of Lunazra]

oh - ok ... nice ta see you too... :p

[Luvara]

oh - ok ... nice ta see you too... :p

lol I didn't mean to sound rude or anything! Where do you live btw?

[Bane of Lunazra]

lol - i no. i wuz just being a moron. hehe

i live in horribly sunny and rainy and hurricane filled florida. i really wanna move tho. another country sounds good.

[Nereid]

What exactly are you talking about in this thread? :huh:

By the way should there be another lotr(whats it called) in Malmö?

[Cuiel Rilwen]

Generally about having a get-together in Scandinavia, and just now about going to the happening in Gothenburg. Sadly not for me due to lack of finances...but hopefully some others will be able to meet up!

Dunno about Malmø, maybe Luvara or one of the other swedes know?

[Bane of Lunazra]

i think we should gather in the u.s. lol

[Illuvatar]

Hey Bane...

We've set up this area to support gatherings for folks from all over the world. There are several threads for gatherings all over the US. If you're really interested in meeting up with folks from WotR, you should probably check them out.

[Luvara]

By the way should there be another lotr(whats it called) in Malmö?

Well... they haven't announced it yet, but there is one every year... it was in April or May last year! Check out www.propworld.nu if you want to know more about it! :)

[Cuiel Rilwen]

Well Bane if you buys the tickets then by all means! ;)

[Naru`vatar]

oooooohhhhhh! Its far now! Just a week! Im going :whoohoo: :stomper: veryhappy squinchy :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: :hyper:

[Luvara]

Yeah, only a couple of days! :grin: So what happened, will it only be you and me then from WotR?

[Cuiel Rilwen]

:mecry: WAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!! :mecry:

[Naru`vatar]

Yeah, only a couple of days! :grin: So what happened, will it only be you and me then from WotR?

It seems so................
I feel sorry for you Cuiel. It would be great if you and others could come. :cuddles:

[Luvara]

Awww Cuiel! *hugs* Maybe you can come next time! :)

Oh, Lauren (Igtica) is coming too! She's coming over from London to stay at my place, so that will be fun! :grin:

[Cuiel Rilwen]

awwwww...you'll have a wonderful time guys...how grand that Iggy will come too...say hi for me will you? I wish I had a rich old uncle in America...:grin: ...or for my part he could live just about anywhere...as long as he would be rich and giving! lol

[Domlegolas]

May I join this thread??? :blush:
Because I am living in Stockholm but right now I am in DC, Usa because of university, hummm.... But I would like to follow up, and I always go to home when I have vacation from university :whoohoo:

I cant go to Goteborg this weekend ;) but I would like to know how it was... like Luvara and Naru'vatar will be there?? :p

[Naru`vatar]

Last time it was awsome. Some guys dressed up in costumes walked around and they had some cool sword shows and of course the actors were there!
I belive this will be even better since its bigger this time! OH.....just this damn friday is in the way!

[Domlegolas]

Have fun there!!!!!

I am looking forward to hear from u after weekend ;)

[Naru`vatar]

Roger that! I promise il post up some pics on the photo forum!

[Luvara]

Hey guys! Back from a really great con, but Sean Astin couldn't make it since he had the flu and infections of his ears and sinuses! awwww.... Poor guy! He recorded a message for us which was very sweet! :) And he says that he'd love to come to Sweden in the near future, so let's hope he'll be able to come! :) Ah well, got to see Sala Baker though! He was very sweet too, but it's not the same thing as Sean.... I wanted to meet my Sammie :( hehehe ;)
It was really nice to meet Iggy again too! We had so much fun! :grin: And Naru, I think I saw you too! :)

Okay, I'm off to bed now... Haven't slept anything this weekend, but I'll upload some pics later if you wanna see!

[Cuiel Rilwen]

Awwwww how sad that Sean got ill...such bad luck! Glad you guys had fun...please post piccies...so I can suffer some more! lol

[Luvara]

Hey! :) Uploaded some piccies now.... I think there are 12 of them :)

Here we go... (http://photobucket.com/albums/v60/Luvara/Sala/meeting%20Sala/?action=view&current=IMG_0792.jpg)

Oh, and btw, I'm the one in a read sweater :)

[Naru`vatar]

Awsome pics.
Due to some problems with my computer, my own pics will be delayed. :(
Next week im getting my new comp and hopefully it will contain a new, upated photo-program.

[Cuiel Rilwen]

The pics are fab Luvara! Is Iggy the brunette...the piccies I've seen earlier are prob waaay old! You all look wonderful! Wish I could have been there!

[Luvara]

Yeah, she is... The other girl is my friend Cissi! :) Hope you can come to the next one! :grin:

[Naru`vatar]

Good news everyone! I managed to fix the problem and some pics are now up on the photo-forum! :grin: :cool:

[Domlegolas]

U both (Luvara and Naru) have nice pixs and I really enjoyed to se it, also it makes me to feel like I want to be there :-)
But I can see that u had a good time :-)
Sean, hmm.. Hopeful he can come next time.....
(Is it next time in Stockholm - fall semester?)

[Luvara]

Thanks :) Yeah Naru, great pics!! :thumbs:

The next con will be in Malmö in about 2 months I think.... :)

[Polly Sandybanks]

There was a Si-Fi Convention, or something like that, in Malmö this weekend and John Rhys Davies, amongst others, was there!! I so wish I could go, but alas. Anyone who was there?

[Cuiel Rilwen]

Hey Polly long time no see! How ya been? I dunno if anyone went to that convention...Luvara hasn't been around much but maybe she'll get notifications from you post and react hehehe!

[Naru`vatar]

I wasnt able to go the convention in Malmö mecry
I would have really liked to meet Temuera Morrison = Jango Fett

Still there is hope: The convention is returning next year :yahoo: Thank Eru for that!

[Luvara]

Hey guys! :grin: Of course I went to Malmö ;) hehe What else did you expect? :angel: John was as great as always, and really funny! hehe! I'm afraid I don't have time to tell you the whole story right now (I'm going to a friend's birthdayparty), but I'll tell you when I get back tonight!

Kill Bill (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/Luvara/John%20RhysDavies/DavidCarradine2.jpg)

Chewbacca (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/Luvara/John%20RhysDavies/PeterMayhew2.jpg)

Jango Fett (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/Luvara/John%20RhysDavies/TemueraMorrisonJangoFett.jpg)

And now to the best of them all... John with our gorgeous yellow mouse! hehehe (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v60/Luvara/John%20RhysDavies/Johnmouse.jpg)

[Naru`vatar]

AARRRGGHHH! This is torture for my eyes! :o
Just kidding. Still I wished I got have gotten there too :( Should have bought some nice props/replicas and more stuff to my fantasy costume :(
Still, good pics.

[Cuiel Rilwen]

Hey Luvara...I knew you'd notice! lol Sounds like it was a nice convention! What's with that mouse?

[Polly Sandybanks]

Woah! So you did go. I'm jellous!! But glad that you had a good time at least. :)

And yep, long time no see. I'm doing fine, though I'm exteremly busy with Uni at the moment. What about you?

And yeah... what's with the mouse?

[Luvara]

The mouse? Well... lol We gave it to him as a gift, and he wanted us to take a pic with him and the mouse. First he thought he had to give it back to us again, but we convinced him that it was a gift so he said that he'd put it in one of his cars :P So sweet! *sighs* And he though we were Orlandofans just because we're still in school :rolleyes:
- So you're fans of Orlando then?
- Nah...
- But you will see his new movie, right?
- Don't think so!
- Not? Wow!
(Another actress next to him) - But will you see John's new movie?
- Yeah, of course we will! :P
- See John, they love you ;)

It was so sweet! lol He looked really shocked when he realized that we didn't love Orli :P

[Cuiel Rilwen]

What!!! You don't love Orli!? You can love both ya know! lol John sounds really sweet, I've read that kind of comment about him earlier too!

I've been good Polly tho have some cold sneaking up on me this evening...can't seem to get warm. Hope it passes fast, we got national celebration day comming up on the 17th! Gotta fix the sleeves of my gown by then...them long Arwen sleeves are totally unmanagable!

[Polly Sandybanks]

lol Yeah, John sounds really sweet. I wish I could have met him too.

I hope you'll get well in time for May 17th, Cuiel! How will you celebrate it?
This year our national day has become a national holiday, it wasn't before. But starting this year it's a "red day", meaning everybody's off work/school. So I'm looking forward to seeing if anything special will happen. I've never really noticed that day at all, there are never any celebrations or anything. At school, when I was little, we used to sing the national anthem, but that was about it. But this year might be different. It's on June 6th... pretty soon.

[Cuiel Rilwen]

Sounds like you could have a national holiday tradition in the making there Polly! Hope everyone wants to celebrate the day and makes the most of it...it can become such a festive occation! entdraught

The 17th of May is our national liberation day, since 1905 when we were detatched from you guys and got our own king! lol The whole nation is celebrating, marching in the streets, there are bands playing, people eat out. And folks wear their traditional festive gowns and suits which are based on old patterns and clothes...lots of silver and flags and ribbons! Go here (http://www.warofthering.net/photoforum/showphoto.php?photo=11189) to take a look!

[Domlegolas]

This thread doesnt use for a long time, but I just want to tell that I WANT TO EAT SEMLA (swedish word), no idea if other countries like Norway, Finland,Denmark and Iceland have it??? Hmmm.... No idea...
Semla is February's month to eat everywhere in Sweden.... Ohh...
I did check internet how to make semla but I am not sure if here in Usa have "mandelmassa"... Dunno english for it mecry mecry

[Polly Sandybanks]

I wouldn't mind a semla either right now. :chef:
Mandel in english is almond, so I guess mandelmassa would be something like that. As far as I know mandelmassa is almonds and sugar sort of smashed and mixed together. Marzipan is almost the same thing as well and could probably work. You can probably find stuff like that at IKEA if not in other places. :)

A semla, for those who don't know, is a bun split in two halves (like a hamburger bread, sort of). You put mandelmassa and whipped cream between the two halves and icing sugar on top. Yummy! :chef:

[Cuiel Rilwen]

Polly!!! How nice to see ya in here again! How ya been? :cuddles: Semla sounds good...never had it tho. I love marzipan!

[Polly Sandybanks]

Thank you! :) It's nice to see you too. :cuddles:
I log in here every now and then to see what's happening, but I haven't posted in ages. Actually.. it's been a long time since I've been here at all.

So, anything new?

[Domlegolas]

Thanks, cheif Polly :p
Sure,I never thought of Ikea because I know what do they have but sometimes they have special period like Christmas to sell Glogg but Semla, hmm..
But I will go to Ikea soon to buy salmon, swedish meatballs, chocolate (Marabou) etc..lol then let me check for semla, but thank u a lot.

[Polly Sandybanks]

You're welcome. You know what? I blame you for my current tummy ache! ;) Your talk of semla made me want one, so on my way back from work today I just had to stop by a café to buy one. It's just that they offered two for the price of one and obviously I can never resist stuff like that, so I got two. Then I went home and ate them. Ugh.. I very rarely eat more than one semla a year.. today I ate two within a few hours. I feel a bit sick now. :p

[Domlegolas]

Ohh, du e sa harligt!!! (U're so wonderful)..
It made me laugh.. and felt good ;)
Welcome again:cuddles:

[Beriagôn]

Hi people! :)
our very own skandinavian post.
I`ve noticed that we norwegian are in minority, but there`s alot of "søta bror" around.:grin:
who is the weather in sweden?

[Polly Sandybanks]

The weather in Sweden is cold, at the moment. I seriously doubt that we'll ever get spring.. winter might last until May or so and then we'll go straight to summer. At least we've had some sunshine the past few days. That's in the south, where I live (very close to Denmark, I might add), I don't know about the rest of the country.

How's the weather in Norway? :)

[Domlegolas]

Beri lol
Welcome!! (Love gjetost!)

Sacndianvia's own post??.....Hmm.... :grin: but the begining of the thread was talking about gatherings in Sweden.... but...... hmmmm...... It doesnt hurt to talk about other issues too :rose: and I am feeling good to catch up with scandinavia :cuddles:

Polly. What???? Do u still think it will might cold until May month?? Ohh.. Hope not.
I just know that it is still snowing in Stockholm, but I am in DC (Washington, DC in Usa) for a while... It is so unusual to have snow during March month.. Wow..
We cant trust weather because of people damages enivornment.... Ops, sorry I dont think to bla bla :blush: forgive me :rose:

[Polly Sandybanks]

I was being a bit ironic about winter in May, but who knows? We've had an unusually long winter this year and I've heard that it will be cold until April, at least. We'll see.

Yes, I guess we're a bit off topic here as we're not exactly discussing gatherings anymore.. but well.. :)

[Cuiel Rilwen]

Well it's not so unusual for winter to endure till may up here! lol It sure would be some kind of weirdness in the south of Sweden tho! :o

[Beriagôn]

We no not have winter nor summer in nothern-norway anymore. only autumn and spring. (anything with rain and ice):(
what kind of gathering?

[Cuiel Rilwen]

I suppose that was the Sci-Fi, movies and games convention in Gothenburg last year. I didn't make it tho. :( Hidiously priced plane-tickets.

[Domlegolas]

I just want to tell "Sakta Lucia" (Santa Lucia) right now as I need to express it, and it is 2am here in Usa, so I am thinking of Sweden (8am now), and Lucia day is special at early morning, and listen to their sing....and see candles...It is once time every year at 13th Dec...
I dont think Norway or Finland have it.. Only Sweden... Or do I have wrong? :)

Copy from Internet
The Queen of Lights. It’s during the darkest hours of the morning of December 13 that the Scandinavian celebration of the festival of lights begins. Lucia, dressed in a white gown, a red sash and a crown of lingonberry twigs, emerges out of the darkness singing the familiar Italian song "Santa Lucia" with candles glowing carrying a tray of rich saffron buns, steaming coffee and occasionally glogg, a mulled wine, to wake the family. The celebration symbolizes the light of faith and the promise of the sun’s return. As a winter icon, Lucia has become nearly as popular and Jultomte, the Swedish Santa Claus.

Sakta Lucia

[Cuiel Rilwen]

Oh we have Sta: Lucia in Norway too! *remembers Beriagôn wearing the starter ring of his maille coiffe and bursts out laughing* :lmao: *giggles*

[Randiriel of Wilderland]

Cuiel...methinks there is a story behind your comments! :p Is it anything that you can share?? :huh: sounds very funny...whatever it is! ;)

[Domlegolas]

Cueil, Ohh... Dont know why I never thought that Norway have it too... Sorry about that, but I am learning something new, thank u Cuiel :rose:
Hope u had good morning, isnt right???
:cuddles:

[Cuiel Rilwen]

Oh but ofcourse there is...but I'm not telling. ;)

Sorry not a good morning...got a splitting headache...I'm off to bed again. :(

[Domlegolas]

Sorry about that, Cuiel :rose:
I couldnt sleep, so I checked internet if I had possibly chance to watch tv of Lucia from Sweden, so I had lucky to watch for a hour :) and in the same time I drank glogg. No easy for me to watch....
After that I slept all day, so I missed work.....:blink: :blink: