All my life I wanted to travel to any Nordic Countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) because I liked too much the Nordic Mythology. And still.
But although, there's no much that I know about them (Just the fact of the Giant Stones in the middle of his forest, according to the Mythology, are Trolls and Ogres who cannot scape to the sun light and they get petrified forever)...Whatever...
Well. It is Difficult to me, but if I need to Choose, I will Choose to do a Trip to Marvellous Scotland. Land of the Manly Skirt called "Kilt" and home of the "Loch Ness Monster".
Why Scotland? If I search a similar appreciation of the Viking race in me, the Celtic culture and Mythology comes next.
In this magic Kingdom, the landscapes are sick, full of green and beautiful lakes.
And there are always better with the melodic Bagpipe (The traditional one called "Great Highland Bagpipe"), a musical woodwind instrument with a windbag made with Goat skin. Essential for his ethnical folk and classical music.
Is very easy to find in contemporaneous and popular music. Like Rock or variants:
The people usually confuse them with the Irish. They are just neighbours, like his British partners (Or enemies sometimes). The Scottish or Irish stereotype in cartoons is an angry midget who wants to fight for everything.
(This is the Irish Version).And his literature is full of Classical authors like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Stories of Sherlock Holmes) and Robert Louis Stevenson (Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde). Lately famous for his Mezzo-Soprano singer Susan Boyle.
When I hit the Scottish floor, the first "to do" in my list is use a Kilt and feel the wind in my legs. Next is travel to all the historical places like churchs, cemeterys (Famous for his Celtic Cross), castles and finally the Loch Ness like to search for the cryptozoological Nessie (If I don't see it, i will buy some fluffy Merchandising).
And maybe, just maybe, I will taste the traditional food Haggis (A dish that containing sheep's 'pluck' (Like heart) minced with onion and stuffs).
I really don't think to stay more than a month or something, I don't know. Maybe learn some things before to comeback. If I get bored, always I can walk to Great Britain.
Ok, right now I let you with a funny folk song, that I like very much. Is sing in Gaelic, the original Scottish-Irish language by "The Rubberbandits" (Dudes with plastic bags in his heads):
