My European Invasion: Malmö

December 29th, 2011

Yesterday Cecilia, Carl, and I went to Malmö, the third largest city in Sweden. We walk around the boardwalk and then around the shops where at one shop I bought some amazing Swedish candy to survive finals week. Afterwards we went to Camilla’s house to celebrate anoth God Jul with Camilla, Moa, and Cecilia’s father. While we waited for dinner, Cecilia, Carl, and I played playdoh with Moa. Dinner was once again immense and we paused once in a while for singing and at the end of the song we would say Skål and take a sip from our drinks. After dinner we went to the tree to open presents. Camilla was so sweet and got me a second gift- a jar full of my favorite homemade coconut butter chocolates! Best gift ever! Gift opening was followed by fika and then we tried to put together a race track for Moa’s new toy cars, but the car was sadly not working. We ended the evening with a rousing game of Ubongo where Carl was humming the tetris tune (Ubongo is kind of like tetris but timed). The game was really challenging but a blast. Before leaving Camilla’s house, since Carl was humming the tetris theme song for a good portion of the game, I tried to figure out how to play the song on the piano. It was a great night.

I was really sad leaving Cecilia and her wonderful family, but I was looking forward to my next adventure in London. Below I included some of the Swedish words I learned on my week visit in Sweden.

*Glossary:

Tack Thank you

Pepparkaka (peppar ka ka) Gingerbread Cookie

Fika (Fee ka) Coffee break with something (sweets, cakes..)

Ursäkta (Ur sect ta) Sorry

Hej! & Hej då (hey & hey-do) Hello & Goodbye

Skål (skall) Cheers

God Jul (goooood ul) Merry Christmas

Ost (oooost) Cheese

Prosit (pro ciet) Bless you!

Must (mooooooost) Christmas soda

Fisk Fish