MaliA wrote:
In case the Super Fun With Fancy Dress New Year Party Cottage 2012/2013 does not go ahead with my friends that aren't you (no, Zardoz, not you) this year, I suppose I should begin to make alternative arrangements for my own entertainment*. Entertainment that doesn't involve me crying next to a karaoke machine in an empty bar as beer cans roll across the floor. I'm not my mother.
After giving it literally seconds of thought, I have decided that I can put aside my "War on Snow" for a short period of time, and go and see the Northern Lights (No, Zardoz, you're not the first to do that, that was a lap dancer with flashing labial piercings). Has anyone ever done a trip like this? Questions follow:
Some of my friends did this, not so long ago. I'm going to answer your questions based on a brief chat with them and looking at their pictures on the Facebook.
1) Are they on all the time?
No, they aren't always visible, some people are unlucky enough to go all that way and not see anything apparently. Still, it would be an ace holiday anyway.
2) Is it going to be cold in winter at high latitudes?
Yeah, looked it in their pictures.
3) How cold?
*Fucking*
4) I wish to eat a reindeer. Is this possible?
I would hope so.
5) I would also like to see a whale. Is this possible?
Depending on the time of year, should be.
6) How much are we looking at?
I can ask them. They did a cruise type thing too, it wasn't cheap.
7) I want a sleigh ride, too. is this posisble?
Yes
I want a go on a dog sled. Will the dogs eat me?
My chums did, and still have all their fingers and bits attached. The dogs are terribly smelly and not nice like pets though.
9) Is there a risk of a terroist attack?
Pretty much guaranteed, but pack your SPAS-12 and stay frosty and you'll make it back to the extraction point.
10) It's going to be hella expensive, isn't it?
I think there are affordable options. My friends aren't minted by any means. Depends on the level of comfort to which you are accustomed I suppose.
No need to thank me for being such a big help, chap.
I've always wanted to see the aurora, I do hope that one day I am able to.