Let's go bar hopping Swedish style.
October 6th 2007 10:06
'ello 'ello by lovelies, how are you on this glorious October evening? Really? That's no good, but you know what they say- that which does not kill you... Well, while I may not have the cure for what ales you, I do have a dodgy and brief insight into what young Swedes get up to when they are confronted with a bar or two. Now before you go packing your bags and heading anywhere, allow me to issue this bit of information to you; Swedes pay the most tax of all the tax paying people on the planet, so should you be in Sweden ever for anything I suggest you be accompanied by your life savings.
And now that that's out of the way, may I suggest you familiarise yourself with Snaps aka Brännvin or Akvavit (meaning life water)? 'tis a traditional spiced Swedish drink concocted from either potato or grain alcohol but can also have a variety of fruit flavours. The drinking of this beverage involves making eye contact with ones drinking partners, making the actual drinking a quick gulp, re-establishing eye contact with the others and setting your glass drown. While this drink and practice have been in existence since the dawn of time (okay, maybe slightly exaggerated) I have included it in this blog about Generation Y because the young 'uns among us are not planning to let this custom become obsolete. Bottoms up, I say.
Alright, so that that you have the absolute basics covered, how about I give you a list of some places to try out your new fitting in with Swedish generation Y skills? Well I honestly can't be stuffed but this site certainly can. Want to know what's open, where it's located and what they specialise in? Well lovely, all you need to do is click on that link and you'll know all about the best watering holes in Sweden’s capital city.
But Wynona I hear you ask, I don't speak Swedish and certainly the few words I know will not be enough for me to get by. I'm doomed, doomed! Calm down my little munchkin, all is not lost. In Sweden, 3 subjects are compulsory right up until that final day you graduate from high school- Swedish, mathematics and English. What does this mean? It means the gen y-ers of Sweden have met you more than half way by learning English. So while certainly you will have no trouble communicating... assuming you speak English, I do suggest taking the plunge and attempting to improve your Swedish skills. I mean, you don’t want to seem rude by not showing an interest in your host county’s language do you? I thought not.
Alright, so that that you have the absolute basics covered, how about I give you a list of some places to try out your new fitting in with Swedish generation Y skills? Well I honestly can't be stuffed but this site certainly can. Want to know what's open, where it's located and what they specialise in? Well lovely, all you need to do is click on that link and you'll know all about the best watering holes in Sweden’s capital city.
But Wynona I hear you ask, I don't speak Swedish and certainly the few words I know will not be enough for me to get by. I'm doomed, doomed! Calm down my little munchkin, all is not lost. In Sweden, 3 subjects are compulsory right up until that final day you graduate from high school- Swedish, mathematics and English. What does this mean? It means the gen y-ers of Sweden have met you more than half way by learning English. So while certainly you will have no trouble communicating... assuming you speak English, I do suggest taking the plunge and attempting to improve your Swedish skills. I mean, you don’t want to seem rude by not showing an interest in your host county’s language do you? I thought not.
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