excited about the country

I arrived on SK973 from Copenhagen (København) via Bangkok. I am in a country smaller than Danmark, I thought to myself, but the airport is bigger than Iceland. Then my good friend said, like all women can say in such a pitying way, "You are thinking this is a country smaller than Denmark. Well I have news for you, most countries are smaller than Denmark."

I was about to say, hey that is not true, and nyah nyah you did not catch my thought about how big the airport is. But my good friend, with that uncanning way of thinking that women have, said, "You think that's not true? You forgot Greenland! And yes, it is a nice airport, isn't it?"

Oh God, I said to myself, forgive me, I forgot about Greenland. I guess most people do. Danmark is very small. But Greenland is 2 million square kilometres of ice, and it is the 13th largest state on earth. It is a crown colony of Danmark, like the Faeroes (best known for their football team that appears only in Euro qualifiers) and I guess that makes it Danmark too.

So yes, I am in a country much smaller than tiny Danmark-if-you-leave-out-Greenland-and-the-Faeroe-Islands. And I must say to all my Hokkien friends, this country you have is really a Green Land.