An Idiot Abroad in Scandinavia Pt. 3 - Finland
There are a few things that I can say in conversations that I believe will not be one-upped by that person in every group that is a one-upper. Don't know what a one-upper is? Imagine you're talking to people and you say something like, "Did you try that new restaurant downtown? It was really good?" The one-upper in the group will respond by saying, "Oh, I've gone there twenty times this week." or "I own that restaurant." So here are the things I can say that are hard to one-up: 1. I once said "Holy Crap!" really loud in Westminster Cathedral in London. 2. I took my wife to see Iron Maiden on her 18th birthday. 3. I once spent an entire day with John Lithgow . 4. I hiked to the summit of Pikes Peak in 6 hours. and now... 4. I did a bicycle tour of Helsinki, Finland . First, I must tell you that Finland is awesome. I realize that in the middle of February Finland might seem less than awesome because ...