Apparently to celebrate Fat Tuesday everyone in Sweden eats a semla today. What is a semla? Its basically a roll that's been hallowed out, filled with cream and almond paste (which is kinda like custard) and then the top is put back on and covered with icing sugar. Delicious. Had one today while practicing some Swedish with Sandy and his exchange buddy - who is incredibly nice and gorgeous and female while mine is male and AWOL. I really lost the exchange buddy lottery. Regardless, she put up with our butchering her language and we countered with blank stares whenever she chose to speak at a normal pace. Our Swedish is getting better but still miles away from being able to even have a basic conversation. But we're still trying.Our official Swedish classes are now over and I'm proud to say that Sandy and I were two of only three who maintained perfect attendance. The class went from 52 students to 8. I feel sorry for the professor though, because while we attended we were by far not the ideal students. We tried but she quickly learned that we were to be chosen last to read aloud due to our poor pronunciation skills - apparently the Dutch and German students are the best. But do not fret, I still received my certificate that says I showed up and might have learned something which obviously means that I have proof to justify my claims of knowing Swedish on my resume. Now if I could just get someone to read it...
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Those semla look good, but i m sure that our pasisian almond croissants are better!Now that you had one of those sweet and buttery little babies, You're the one who can judge!
Is Tyler still alive?? It's been a month since his last post. Did the semla do him in?
hello? u ok? I've been waiting for a new post from u for a while now... :P
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