Venlig… Gentil… Friendly… Tonight I wonder if I am just lucky. Over the months, I built myself the ideal image of the venlig Danish peoples. I know some Danes out there must be assholes. Maybe even a lot of them. But up to this day, all the people I’ve been in touch with are such…… Continue reading Venlig…
I am pretty proud of myself just now. Normally, I would have posted some quick joyful comment on Facebook, but I try not to do that anymore… Now that I have this Cove to spread my every thoughts about Danish things, I prefer to spare my Facebook friends from all that. But here, I can…… Continue reading Babettes Gæstebud on its way home…
I so don’t know how to start this post… I have about 10 thoughts fighting to be layed down. So I guess I’ll start with what inspired my title! Last night a little bird brought me some sweet words directly from California! I had seen USA popping in my stats during the evening, and it…… Continue reading Santa Ana winds and stuff…
Last time I met with Lucas (made up name, I am tired of “my Danish tutor” or “my Danish teacher”), we talked about Babettes gæstebud, a Danish classic movie. I didn’t know it was also a book, writen by Karen Blixen (Out of Africa… ringing a bell?). Lucas told me it was a very short…… Continue reading Babettes gæstebud…
I called the bank today to check on my accounts, and it is pretty sure I won’t buy myself a plane ticket for Copenhagen in the next few days… (I hear the sigh of relief among Danes from here) It is just unfair… There’s gotta be a (better) way. I enjoy tv shows about…… Continue reading How to get to Denmark, the brainstorm…
I am stuck in places today. I am using Duolingo for my Danish learning. I have since spending a few hours waiting in front of a bar in Toronto. Remember that guy who took me out of my lethargy and thanks to whom I have exchanged a few words with Jonas? He suggested Duolingo. Every…… Continue reading I am stuck in places…
Have you ever had the feeling that you lived in something comparable to the Truman Show? If you have seen the movie, that is… Otherwise, do you sometimes get the feeling that there is some kind of spireware going on in your life giving information to the rest of the world about your whereabouts? I…… Continue reading Jeg kan godt lide…
Just before Christmas, I had the chance to finally find a Danish tutor. We met twice, and though we talked a loooooot about Denmark and Danish, people around us would never have guessed I was actually taking lessons. I was having way too much fun. Tomorrow, I go back to school in our little Café.…… Continue reading Going back to school!
Yesterday I was looking at comments on another blog, stating the various countries that had been visiting the author… I gotta say, although I was very comfortable with Denmark, Italy, USA and the occasionnal Canada flag, I was a tiny little bit jealous. I wanted to go on tour too, and visit other countries, and…… Continue reading World tour…
My brain works in mysterious ways… OK, stating the obvious, I know. I have a large collection of DVDs. But if I am zapping around one late evening, and I fall on the (very long) movie Camille Claudel, I will watch it until the last minute. I have the movie, I can watch it any…… Continue reading Show it to me…
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