Swedish food!

Students!

Before you go into the fabolous world of swedish groceries like Tyrkisk Peber, mesost, knäckebröd and ICA supermarkets, please consult this handy documentary on swedish culinary habits! The ever so excellent New York celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain and his TV series "No Reservations" devote this entire episode to our wonderful meatballs, reindeer dishes and the abhorring fast food called Tunnbrödrulle. If you'd like to try out this (by some feeble minded Swedes considered) delicacy, be sure to go to Medborgarplatsen and Björns Trädgård. This is the same place as shown in the final sequences of the episode.

Other than that I urge you, while you are here, to explore the Swedish world of foods, not the least since the annual Surströmmingspremiär is on it's away. If you're into fermented fish, you'll be in heaven!

Well now, enough talking and instead, watch the show!

Here goes:











By the way, I do not support the American candy Swedish Fish. Instead, as you can see when you enter any well-sorted candy store, the so called "Swedish fish" is only one variety in the land of plenty:

Language event, Monday Sep 14th!

The language department here at KTH will host their annual Tandem Language Learning Mingle Monday 14th of September 2009. Come any time between 16.45 and 18.15.
Where? The music room, top floor in the student union building Nymble.

Take the chance to meet Swedes who want to improve their language skills in your mother tongue. Join the Tandem Language Learning project and find yourself a Swedish tandem partner!

A language tandem is made up of two people from different countries who meet to improve the other person's language ability in addition to finding out about each other's country and culture. The benefit of the Tandem project is that you can start at a level that suits you. Tandem partners can help each other with grammar and home work, but just as well meet for an hour to have a cup of coffee and chat for a while; it is mainly helpful to improve your verbal skills.

You can find a tandem partner by publishing your own personal profile on the Tandem Language Learning website, http://www.forum.ths.kth.se/tandlearn. You can also browse the listings of other students to look for a tandem partner. More information as well as useful tips and practical information can be found on the website.


At the "kick-off" mingle you will be able to find out more about the project and also meet potential tandem partners face to face instead of via the website.

Welcome!

The first Skansen excursion

Now we've had the first excursion in the course.
Group A went to Skansen on a Tuesday when the weather was really nice. No raincoats needed this time. We went to see the house where the poor workers had lived in the 1920's, the old school, and the farmhouse.

Although the group I attended did not get in to the farm Älvrosgården as planned. The door would not open! Due to old lock or evil spirit, we were not sure. The other groups seemed to have been let in anyway. However, we got to see the farm Moragården instead.

Since one of the groups was really too big, 38 people or so (this because one of the four guides we had planned for had called in sick) we had to take turns visiting the houses. Therefore we did not get to see the last stop, the hardware store and Konsum. But, instead most of the people in the group wanted to go and see the animals. I hope it was not too dark, and that the bears were still out. Perhaps you saw the moose as well? Here is a photo, anyway, The king of the forest, we call it.

Cheers, Helena

photo: www.fotoakuten.se