Dienstag, 22. September 2009
Tack
diegolego, 12:03h
Friday I came back from Stockholm. I really liked it and now I am teased. Similar to Riga, now I would like to have a vacation there.
Everything was super easy. After arriving, Wednesday I first had a walk and went to the Moderna Museet. Nearby, I met someone from a project partner institution. Thursday, we worked, went to the Mensa (where they even offered Hummus) and had a nice dinner. Friday I gave my talk. In the evening, I was invited to join a crayfish-dinner. That was interesting, since I had the opportunity to learn about this very Swedish costume. Eating crayfish and singing traditional Swedish songs (I was bad at the second part). After that I went out to Södermalm with I guy I met at the dinner, in the beginning also two girls joined us. I was only back around 4am. Unfortunately the flight was at 12:30. Nevertheless, it was good and I did not miss the flight, but was somewhat tired. We had a lot of fun. In a club or so, I found a CD, namely “Split-CD Deluxe – El Grande Rock’n’Rollito”. The cover is funny and the music quite good.
Swedish has the shortest word for “Thank you” I ever encountered, namely “Tack”. It is funny, because it is not only short, but also rather hard, even the german “Danke” is not as hard. I learned, since it is so short, people tend to repeat it, such as “tack, tack” or “tack, tack, tack” (but not sure if the triples are really used).
Everything was super easy. After arriving, Wednesday I first had a walk and went to the Moderna Museet. Nearby, I met someone from a project partner institution. Thursday, we worked, went to the Mensa (where they even offered Hummus) and had a nice dinner. Friday I gave my talk. In the evening, I was invited to join a crayfish-dinner. That was interesting, since I had the opportunity to learn about this very Swedish costume. Eating crayfish and singing traditional Swedish songs (I was bad at the second part). After that I went out to Södermalm with I guy I met at the dinner, in the beginning also two girls joined us. I was only back around 4am. Unfortunately the flight was at 12:30. Nevertheless, it was good and I did not miss the flight, but was somewhat tired. We had a lot of fun. In a club or so, I found a CD, namely “Split-CD Deluxe – El Grande Rock’n’Rollito”. The cover is funny and the music quite good.
Swedish has the shortest word for “Thank you” I ever encountered, namely “Tack”. It is funny, because it is not only short, but also rather hard, even the german “Danke” is not as hard. I learned, since it is so short, people tend to repeat it, such as “tack, tack” or “tack, tack, tack” (but not sure if the triples are really used).
