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Mmm, breakfast.<\/p><\/div>\n

April, 1996<\/strong> (continued):<\/strong><\/p>\n

The airport at Ostersund, Sweden, was undergoing construction, and the baggage claim area was temporarily unavailable. Instead, everyone\u2019s bags were wheeled out on carts to the sidewalk, where they sat pretty much unattended until, presumably, the last suitcase disappeared.<\/p>\n

Fortunately for that evening\u2019s passengers, it wasn\u2019t raining at the time. Only snowing.<\/p>\n

Mats Elg<\/strong><\/span> of Radio J\u00e4mtland <\/strong>was kind enough to meet me at the airport and drive me to my hotel.<\/p>\n

Of course, when he volunteered for such duty he didn\u2019t realize he\u2019d be forced to sit around for an hour waiting for my delayed flight<\/strong><\/a>. It was close to midnight before he dropped me off at the Radisson SAS Hotel.<\/p>\n

With Mats scheduled to return at 9:00 the following morning to take me to the radio station, there was no way I\u2019d be able to get the eight hours\u2019 sleep my beleaguered body needs.<\/p>\n

Upon reaching my hotel room, I would need to unpack, go over my notes for the next day\u2019s seminar, play Hotel Telephone Internet Roulette (i.e., attempt to log onto CompuServe to get my e-mail; remember “dial-up”?), brush my teeth, and then lie on the bed and try not <\/em>to keep myself awake all night by desperately thinking, \u201cI\u2019ve got<\/em> to get to sleep!\u201d<\/p>\n

Due to the abbreviated sleep after such a very long, work- and travel-filled day, I felt lousy when I awakened. My primary symptom was a massive headache.<\/p>\n

Different people have different remedies for headaches. Some people apply relaxation techniques. Some apply pressure at some magical point on the palm of one\u2019s hand. Others chant, hum, or pray.<\/p>\n

My own technique is simple: Four Extra-Strength Excedrin, washed down with Diet Coke.<\/p>\n

But even Excedrin plus Diet Coke (in Europe, it\u2019s called \u201cCoke Light\u201d) require one more ingredient:\u00a0 I have to have food in my stomach before I take the aspirin. Protein-rich, heavy food \u2014 i.e., some kind of meat.<\/p>\n

So before leaving to conduct that day\u2019s air talent seminar, I went downstairs to the hotel restaurant and had a hearty breakfast dominated by several large portions of…reindeer meat.<\/p>\n

Of course, reindeer meat is pretty ordinary for Scandinavians. I suspect, however, that there is not a native-born American citizen who can eat reindeer meat without first thinking, with a shudder, of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.<\/p>\n

What is it like? Very distinctive, like a cross between beef and ham. (Someone told me it\u2019s similar to venison, which I’ve never had.)<\/p>\n

I am happy to report, however, that after a half-pound of reindeer meat followed by Coke Light and Excedrin, I began to feel human once more.<\/p>\n

After the day\u2019s seminar, Mats invited me to his house for dinner. This was the first time I\u2019ve ever been in a Swedish home, and it was a very welcome change of pace from my typical airport-hotel-seminar-airport regimen.<\/p>\n

Next: I learn why people joke about Belgian taxi drivers.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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