* This post will be in english, in response to some comments to the previous posts.
* On thursday, it was the islamic New Year, which coincides with the spring. We went with some friends to celebrate it. Very funny party, including belly dancing, and persian dances. And also a great opportunity to know a little bit more about their traditions. Now, I know what a Haft sin table is and its meaning.
* We went back from that party by taxi. I think I already wrote about some taxi driver in this city, but it is really interesting to talk with them during the ride and listen to the stories of how they have arrived to Sweden, because all of them are foreigners. The irakian guy who has been living in Sweden for 15 years, and whose goal is to save an enormous amount of money to go the sunny and hot Dubai, where his brother lives. Or the other night’s driver, originally from Somalia, but with an incredible cuban accent and almost perfect spanish. He lived for 10 years in Cuba, and then he moved to the Scandinavia, first Norway, and now Sweden.
* Snow and cold (real on) outside. Warm inside. Lots of walking. Today I started running (next week I have a 10 km race). Hopefully, the weather will be ok then.
* The first guests brought some Leche Condensada, now I can drink Café Bombón at home. That’s one of the things that make me feel like at home wherever I am. 🙂
* Those who want to call me. Just click here, and put your fix number in the box. I like this idea. 🙂
* It is really amazing how Swedes follow Spanish football league. There are many more matches in the public television than in Spain! On the other hand, when I try to access to some football videos in El Mundo, I get this error:
El tiempo está loco. Así estaba esta mañana Kista:
(foto tomada con el móvil, no se le puede pedir más)
Hoy ha sido día dominguero total. Levantarse tarde, desayunar relajadamente, y salir a la calle a pasear porque ¡¡hacía sol!! y una temperatura en la que podías ir sin guantes… 🙂 Y estaba toooodo Estocolmo al sol, como los cuernos del caracol.
Ése es el tiempo que llevo en Estocolmo y sin actualizar el blog… Y no por falta de ganas, es que no paro. Entre el curro (hacer por primera vez algo que nunca se ha hecho no permite mucho relax), la mudanza, los eventos sociales varios (con los del trabajo, con los españoles, un cumpleaños, …), el viajecito a esquiar a Vemdalen (6 horas de autobús, pero merecieron la pena) y quehaceres varios, no he parado ni un momento… Y me encanta. 🙂
Sobre el viaje a la nieve, unos cuantos comentarios:
* Como se intuye, en Suecia montan una estación de esquí en cualquier montañita.
* Lo que no le dicen a los españolitos es que la montañita más cercana está a 6 horas en bus de la capital.
* Nieve polvo, recién caída y en gran cantidad.
Seguiremos informando.
It is always a problem when you are in a foreign country where people speak a language which is not in your competences… Normally, you try to get people who speak some common language with you, normally English. Good. That occurs in Sweden every day, and life is fine.
But, what about the labels? They do not normally speak different languages. Most of them only speak Swedish, and you don’t understand Swedish… So, what do you do? Guess. You use your imagination, other languages you know, other swedish words in your memory, etc., to try to understand the meaning of the mentioned label (yes, I know a dictionary would be a faster solution, but it’s not the case).
Now, a fast use of my imagination links all the words and creates the following meaning for the label:
Lock Motor. Opening Cost = 2 SEK.
It has sense (if you don’t think about it too much), and it makes me be proud of these Swedes: they say how expensive is this trying to minimize the use of this motor… Wow.
But, another day I understood the real meaning and I checked it with a Swede… The “2 sek” part is not money, but time!! And tid means time… It couldn’t be so perfect as I imagined… It just says that it takes 2 seconds for the motor to unlock the door.
I really like the idea of the cost information.