Swedish Wednesday
It was a day of “unexpected Swedishness”.
First, a colleague who had recently visited Sweden had brought me copies of some Swedish magazines. There was one that was a bit … Read the rest “Swedish Wednesday”
Sverige
For most of my life, I’ve been fascinated by Sweden. It started with ABBA, of course. Then I discovered their approach to how society should operate matches with my mine. Then I visited and discovered the beauty of the place, and the awesome people. Music, literature, film.
Swedish Lesson
For the first half of tonight’s Swedish class I felt like a complete knob.
I missed class last week because “jag var sjuk och trott” (sick and tired) and haven’t … Read the rest “Swedish Lesson”
It’s A Real Song
One of the things we’ve been doing in Swedish class as an exercise each week is listen to a Swedish pop song with translated lyrics. We’ve done songs by the … Read the rest “It’s A Real Song”
Jealous Much
Graeme and Grant were at the pub tonight. Grant still seems to be suffering from a bit of post-travel jetlag, occasionally nodding off; while Graeme was speaking at a thousand … Read the rest “Jealous Much”
Longing for Lullabies
One of my favourite songs from Swedish performers from the last twelve months seems to have been given a broader release.
This was the original Swedish release..
Here’s an acoustic … Read the rest “Longing for Lullabies”
World We Live In
The world is far too small.
I was just going through some clips on Youtube of one of my favourite bands, Alcazar.
They’re a Swedish pop group whose most successful … Read the rest “World We Live In”