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Week 48 is here! - https://goo.gl/N5cHBo - #songaweek2019 #saw19 #weekfortyeight #othercar #hearse #eek To hear the songs, join the mailing list, and learn more about the project, visit = www.songaweek2019.com Love and art to all <3 (at Nashville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5iZNNsAXoH/?igshid=9zw68w8jvgyx
Week 48 is here! - https://goo.gl/gkvwz3 - #songaweek2018 #saw18 #weekfortyeight #heard #kind #nebula To hear the songs, join the mailing list, and learn more about the project, visit = www.songaweek2018.com Love and art to all <3 (at East Nashville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq5H2KjHB-v/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=wh787uxy1r2x
Week Forty Seven, Eight & Nine
Yeah, so this is hella late. I've been busy. I'm justifying this tardiness by using the excuse that I was in England on holiday and this blog is about my life in Norway. Also, I was on vacation. So there...
On the language front:
While in the UK the fiance' and I were fairly consistent about speaking Norwegian.
We were able say things in front of my grandfather that he didn't understand.
We also talked about people on public transport without them knowing which had been a dream of mine. We didn't say anything mean though. On the tube in London we talked about how nice a woman's vest was. On the bus in Birmingham the fiance remarked that a little boy on a toy phone looked like he was conducting an important business meeting and also that he looked a little bit like Stewie Griffin.
In addition played a game which our friend's son invented in which the premise is to say a word and the next person is to pick a word that is related to the previous word. After seeing the game played in English I realised that it would be great for my Norwegian vocabulary acquisition
In the end the rest of my summer language retention plan totally failed:
I didn't listened to my MP3's at all.
I didn't read my book either.
After arriving back in Norway I immediately felt regret. It is very tiring to listen to a language you don't fully understand. I hadn't noticed the relief I felt in England until I sensed the dread upon returning to Norway. I missed Norway, but I wasn't looking forward to going back to being illiterate. After two days it's not been so bad. I have been able to keep up so far.
Weather:
July in the UK was hot. At most times it was over 20 degrees.
There was one day in London when we got completely soaked in a rainstorm.
Back in Oslo it's just hot. I finished work early today, mostly because I finished the batch of books I was working on; partially because it was so frikkin hot in the warehouse.
Culture:
The main reason that I haven't had time to blog: wedding planning, wedding planning, wedding planning.
While in England we participated in a lot of cultural activities:
We went to our friend Glyn's live music night at a pub called the Brown Lion. I posted some pics and videos of the first time on Instagram. The second time we went it was too packed to even get a picture.
Smash the Song is a night which combined music and poetry. The headliners were Emily Franklin (I am of the opinion that Emily does not have enough subscribers on YouTube) and Debris Stevenson, but I can't remember their combined band name. I cannot overstate how amazing CR Avery is. The man beat-boxed, recited poetry and sang. He also played the harmonica, keyboard, guitar and ukele. What blew my mind was when he beat-boxed with the harmonica in his mouth playing both the beat and the melody and the same time!
The Simmer Down Festival is a one day music festival which is put on by my old job. I have volunteered to work every year so it was really nice to just sit on the grass and enjoy for the first time.
A couple days before we left the UK we went to London and managed to catch comedian, Richard Herring. He is currently previewing his next Edinburgh show, which was awesome.
The following day we visited our friend Dave at Stanley Halls. It is a beautiful old public hall that the local community has reopened and is currently renovating. Dave is on the committee of people dedicated to restoring the halls to their rightful glory.
