Discouraging... but better now than later

Was chating with the same experienced (or addicted) friend on my short trip to Scandinavia and his responses were quite discouraging but funny. See what he said:

1. learn swedish??? hahahahahaha swedish people speak much better english than you, don't worry

2. i have heard that there is one (the ice hotel) in quebec, so it's not really that UNIQUE, but $300, it's all worth
[response]: Yeah, and the ice hotel in Quebec doesn't looks better than the Swedish one. And they're selling in a package with dinner and everthing--more expensive and less flexible.

3. they can't be that generous... to build an ice church and let you go without you pay anything

4. the 1000 places book is overrated... i went to some of the places, not that really good... so you can die well before you visit all of them