Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Big in Sweden

I'm baaa-ack...

Here are somethings I learned in Sweden:

1. Mullets on men and women are popular.

2. Man-pris are popular...VERY popular.

3. They cuff their jeans (like I do, except probably not because they don't have any shorts).

4. The Swedes like their ice cream. Just about every other shop sells some form of it.

5. They are a very quite people. No seriously, I heard a horn honked twice -- in two weeks; their children don't make noise. These are not the Vikings that I expected.

6. Frukost - is Swedish for breakfast, and is literally translated to fruit-cheese. Breakfast is usually deli meat, cheese, and fruit. If not that, then muesli with yogurt.

7. Jorgubbe (yourd-goob) is Swedish for strawberry.

8. Hej (hey) is Swedish for hello, but usually one would say "hej, hej." Hej då (hey-doa) is goodbye.

9. There are 96,000 lakes in Sweden and Stockholm is actually and archipelago.

10. The Swedish King is not actually Swedish. King Carl XVI Gustaf is the 7th in the House of Bernadotte line, which was basically appointed by Napoleon I.

PS - Please forgive any missing umlauts.

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