Max Johnson goes to Amsterdam, Belgium, and Iceland

[Krilons Resa]

Either sign up for the class, or hit the bricks.

Believe me, I'm taking notes.

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

 

[MajestikMøøse]

it's such a joke that it should be the center of EU activities... they probably just did that so belgium could have SOME sort of interest to the rest of the world except exporting chocolate and beer

and waffles.

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

Did you guys know that I'm an overweight 30+ alcoholic wannabee viking?

 

[Erik]

and waffles.

i do think them waffles are originally from holland anyway!

 

[lurch70]

ok ... personally I would rather go to Iceland then Norway or Sweeden ... sorry ... bah

 

[MajestikMøøse]

Did you guys know that I'm an overweight 30+ alcoholic wannabee viking?

sounds like a description of Rob Darken, minus the overweight part.

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

I'm slightly more racist than he is though.

 

[NAD]

I want to go to Greenland and complain about the ironic name.

 

[lurch70]

when your sister looks like this ... inbreeding isn't such a bad thing

 

[Erik]

you do realize why it's called that right

quick history lesson: when the vikings discovered it 1000+ years ago, it was green... due to climate changes it isn't anymore

 

[MajestikMøøse]

I should move to Greenland.

I could molest sheep and reindeer to my heart's content!

 

[lurch70]

i knew that ... just watched MARCH OF THE PENGUINS

 

[Erik]

it's pretty disturbing that a google image search for "icelandic girls" brings up this on the first page:

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

you do realize why it's called that right

quick history lesson: when the vikings discovered it 1000+ years ago, it was green... due to climate changes it isn't anymore

so it's complete myth/urban legend that it was named Iceland to deter people from coming there? And Greenland was named as such to lure people there instead? That's what I always heard, but had no idea if it were true or not.

 

[Erik]

so it's complete myth/urban legend that it was named Iceland to deter people from coming there? And Greenland was named as such to lure people there instead? That's what I always heard, but had no idea if it were true or not.

NEVER heard that tbh.

 

[NAD]

 

[MadeInNewJersey]

I wish I had the time and/or patience to search for its validation right at the moment.

 

[Erik]

np: unsuccessfully coping with the natural beauty of infidelity (i know you're fucking someone else)

 

[NAD]

np: unsuccessfully coping with the natural beauty of infidelity (i know you're fucking someone else)

Gugs, this took like, 2 seconds:

The name Greenland comes from those Scandinavian settlers. In the Norse sagas, it is said that Eiríkur Rauði (Erik the Red) was exiled from Iceland for murder. He, along with his extended family and slaves, set out in ships to find the land that was rumored to be to the northwest. After settling there, he named the land Grænland ("Greenland") in order to attract more people to settle there. The fjords of the Southern part of the island were lush and had a warmer climate at that time, possibly due to what was called the Medieval Warm Period. These remote communities thrived and lived off farming, hunting and trading with the motherland, and when the Scandinavian monarchs converted their domains to Christianity, a bishop was installed in Greenland as well. The settlements seem to have coexisted relatively peacefully with the Inuit, who had migrated southwards from the Arctic islands of North America around 1200. In 1261, Greenland became part of the Kingdom of Norway. Norway in turn entered into the Kalmar Union in 1397 and later of the personal union of Denmark-Norway.