Norway stores, comments and couple of observations

Open your eyes

Mission update... October, 2012

- I did open them. Ok?

-And?

-And...wow

-Let me introduce you to Norway.... the snow wasn't there yesterday just so you know!

- Looks nice. I'd dare say cool.

-Ok, so first objective completed.

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Open your eyes-What? Not really...come on, you can do better than that...observe, think like a traveller...

- Thinking like a traveler...easy.I just moved here :) and what's with open

your eyes thing. ..Shouldn't we smell and listen also?

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Open your eyes- it's a way of saying...what's important is that you observe something, realize something from your observation and use it constructively...you know...spot a gap...and brainstorm a solution :)

- the guy from the video told a story about the rain, so why couldn't I have a snow story. It's really cold out there and I really don't feel like going out...

- O.o

-Damn it, I ran out of coffee. And I went shopping yesterday...Why don't they have somebody to deliver groceries at your doorstep? Oh.why!?

- Why indeed!? ...and why didn't you buy coffee yesterday ?

- Why? Because they have only one kind in Sunday store. The kind I don't like.

- Sunday store?

- Yes! Can you believe that? In the entire town they have only one part of one store open on a Sunday and only for a limited number of hours. In Norway they make

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Open your eyessure you don't buy stuff you don't need. At least when it comes to food.

No wonder they go to buy groceries in Sweden.

- They do what?

- That's right :) they have candy stores as big as supermarkets in Sweden.

But you know lot of people figured that out

already.

Everything is heavily regulated here it seems. You don't see cigarettes readily available to buy. I don't smoke and to tell you the

truth I didn't see anyone so far buy it. Wine is something I do buy, but only til 3 pm on Saturday in a specialized store for everything that has

alcohol and is not beer or cider.

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Something like a border crossing

feeling? State the purpose of your

visit...erm.do you have... Chianti?

Viva la Sweden!!!!

Open your eyesHome , clothing and other stores have altogether a different culture! It's a different realm...

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Big sign, welcome,cash register far away, one smiling person at cash

register

Open your eyes They are welcoming ,lots of colorful items cozily displayed, nicely designed, warm atmosphere, pleasant smells, Smiling young people behind the counters... Come and look around, seems to be the general

signal they send. Being surrounded by all the nice things how can you not want to buy the entire store?

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