RE: [Leica] European vacation Part 2

[Heikki Puustinen <heikki.puustinen@telemic.fi>]

Is it really so bad in Sweden?
All LUGers, please come to Finland. Our 
liquer shops (sign "ALKO") are
open also on saturdays and in fact the 
wines are quite reasonable priced.
We also have over 60000 lakes and one 
of my sauna's is about 5 meters
from one of the lakes.
As Hans mentioned and my plan for April 
is, we self like to travel out
from Scandinavia.
But there is also very beautiful places 
in Scandinavia. Last summer I visitted
my friend in Noth-Norway near Tromsa 
town. What a great landscapes.
I did not have my M6 yet, but stil the 
chromes are a pleasure to look.

   Heikki


All this is very true, and I am 
impressed that people in the US are so 
well
informed! Well, I feel ashamed of these 
regulations, that is why I always go
to other countries for vacation.
I will give all the help I can if any 
LUGer would like to visit Scandinavia,
but I honestly think France and Italy 
is much more fun and interesting.
/Hans


>The original post (asking for advice) 
mentioned Scandinavia.  Here's my 2
>dollars worth.  Bring Booze.   Load up 
before you get to Sweden.  Denmark
>is a good place to do it.  Even if you 
do not use it yourself you MUST
>bring some.  The Customs will be very 
suspicious if you have none at all.
>They won't believe you and may rip 
your car and baggage apart looking for
>other substances.  Liquor stores are 
State Owned in Sweden and are only
>open during office hours, Monday to 
Friday.   One day last year I was
>caught short when visitors arrived one 
Weekend.  When I complained to the
>System Bolaget, which is the liqour 
outlet, I was politely informed that
>"...if I must have an impromptu party 
on a Saturday, I must organise it
>before Friday.."
>
>Alan Hull
>