Hei, Paivaa, (Finnish), Hei, God dag, (Norwegian), Hej, Goddag, (Danish), Bonjour, Salut (French), bzia, Jo’ nepot (Hungarian), Hola, Buen Dia’ (Spanish)., Hallo, Gutentag (German), Czesc’ Dzien’dobry (Polish), "Ahoj, Dobry den" (Dobrý deň), Have you had your meal yet/ (Mandarin), Hoot hoot or twit twoo (Oscar the eagle owl), and hello again you lovely blog readers.
Tune in to the wonderful Scandinavian night held on the evening of Wednesday 11th February 2009. The evening with its food, entertainment and gig were provided by the University of Bristol’s Scandinavian Society and what a wonderful job they did. The evening started with nibbles and socialising, serenaded by Oscar’s hooting. My wife though it was me hiding behind some bushes trying to scare her. I can do this anyway without hooting like Oscar!
It was my first taste of caviar! After tasting it I wondered what the big deal was about its value! However I did notice Xiaomei with a horrible expression on her face, rushing into the toilets. The black herring or what ever it was was apparently much too salty!
The food was fantastic, meatballs from Ikea. I thought Ikea was the capital of the Faroe Islands!! Or for that matter Nokia being the capital of Sweden. But there you go; I learnt something from last night. Yes BISC activities are good for your education. The only Scandinavian country I have visited is Norway. I cannot say that it was inspiring at the time. I saw Oslo, for 20,000 feet as we flew to the northern of Norway. This was 40 years ago whilst I was in the Army. We were there for winter warfare training. It was totally boring!! An afternoon visit to Tromso was good though. It was the only time that we met the local people.
The folk singing was extremely good with the story behind the song being interpreted as we went along. I liked the one about the man in Italy near San Remo I think, who took his clothes off and with a bottle of wine, met a young lady who had taken her clothes off! I didn’t hear the ending of the song though. Mind you, had a similar event happened in Bristol during the last week, both the man and women could have either been arrested or died of hypothermia! My original introduction to folk music was in an old inn over 40 years ago not for from Stonehenge Wiltshire, sawdust on the floor, an old bashed in piano being played by a bashed in old pianist, and two equally bashed in musicians one playing the violin, the other the clarinet. They became a well known British traditional jazz band led by ‘Akker’ Bilke, who still lives in this part of the world.
The quiz was something else. How did your group do? I was in the Oscar team and we got nine questions correct. Out of a total score of 15, I guess we scored a 2:2 in academic terms. I think that we miscalculated the ration of pigs to humans that reside in Denmark!
Looking around last night at happy smiling faces from many different nations engaged in talk, socialising and making merry, I could only reflect on what a marvellous place BISC is with the integration of all the beautiful international students. But above all let us hear it for the Scandinavian Society. They were brilliant. Thank you very much.
I am waiting in trepidation for the Stonehenge and Salisbury trip on the 21st February and Pancake Day.
See you all soon. The BISC Blogmaster
Tune in to the wonderful Scandinavian night held on the evening of Wednesday 11th February 2009. The evening with its food, entertainment and gig were provided by the University of Bristol’s Scandinavian Society and what a wonderful job they did. The evening started with nibbles and socialising, serenaded by Oscar’s hooting. My wife though it was me hiding behind some bushes trying to scare her. I can do this anyway without hooting like Oscar!
It was my first taste of caviar! After tasting it I wondered what the big deal was about its value! However I did notice Xiaomei with a horrible expression on her face, rushing into the toilets. The black herring or what ever it was was apparently much too salty!
The food was fantastic, meatballs from Ikea. I thought Ikea was the capital of the Faroe Islands!! Or for that matter Nokia being the capital of Sweden. But there you go; I learnt something from last night. Yes BISC activities are good for your education. The only Scandinavian country I have visited is Norway. I cannot say that it was inspiring at the time. I saw Oslo, for 20,000 feet as we flew to the northern of Norway. This was 40 years ago whilst I was in the Army. We were there for winter warfare training. It was totally boring!! An afternoon visit to Tromso was good though. It was the only time that we met the local people.
The folk singing was extremely good with the story behind the song being interpreted as we went along. I liked the one about the man in Italy near San Remo I think, who took his clothes off and with a bottle of wine, met a young lady who had taken her clothes off! I didn’t hear the ending of the song though. Mind you, had a similar event happened in Bristol during the last week, both the man and women could have either been arrested or died of hypothermia! My original introduction to folk music was in an old inn over 40 years ago not for from Stonehenge Wiltshire, sawdust on the floor, an old bashed in piano being played by a bashed in old pianist, and two equally bashed in musicians one playing the violin, the other the clarinet. They became a well known British traditional jazz band led by ‘Akker’ Bilke, who still lives in this part of the world.
The quiz was something else. How did your group do? I was in the Oscar team and we got nine questions correct. Out of a total score of 15, I guess we scored a 2:2 in academic terms. I think that we miscalculated the ration of pigs to humans that reside in Denmark!
Looking around last night at happy smiling faces from many different nations engaged in talk, socialising and making merry, I could only reflect on what a marvellous place BISC is with the integration of all the beautiful international students. But above all let us hear it for the Scandinavian Society. They were brilliant. Thank you very much.
I am waiting in trepidation for the Stonehenge and Salisbury trip on the 21st February and Pancake Day.
See you all soon. The BISC Blogmaster
