Switzerland is a completely different country. This weekend, from Thursday to Monday, I went there to visit a seminar held by Juvente Switzerland. It was great! But as a result, I have this language confusion again, as I did after the Active congress this summer. The only difference is that now I’m not only switching between Norwegian and English, I also sometimes catch myself in thinking in German. (That usually passes quite quickly, though, because my German vocabulary (not to mention my swiss-German vocabulary) is rather limited at the moment. I can basically just say Ich bin ein Kartoffel – I’m a potato. Oh, and of course, Zopf! That last one might need some illustration, though, which I’m, sadly, only able to give when present in Switzerland.)
Anyways, I had a great time there. Riding the bus home from work today made me realize how nice it is to not understand the language, and to not have the slightest idea of what people around you are saying. This might not just be an issue in Norway, I guess, but my impression is that most people that talk loudly on buses and subways here, generally just reveal what big idiots they are. If you can’t be friends with people that wear the wrong kind of jeans, why not just keep it to yourself? If you rank your friends based on their income, why tell anyone? If you can’t understand why everything sucks in Norway, and that the government might not be responsible for everyone, why not think about it for two more seconds, in stead of shouting it out loud?
Well, this post was supposed to be about Switzerland, and not Norway, so, back on track, huh?
The pictures I took can’t even get close to describing the calm, idyllic state of Switzerland, but still, I have to try, don’t I?
So, here are some highlights from the weekend:
Oslo Airport..
I got my own column in the calendar at Josy and Dädens place! :D
Däden peeking out in the kitchen :)
On Friday Josy had to go to school, so she sent me out into the streets of Basel on my own. I found several nice places.
Then we left – cosy cabin, here we come!
Josy playing with my camera. Not too bad! Pretty good, actually!
Widar and Josy :)
Me. And guitar. :)
No, it just looks like The Shire, I didn’t really go to Middle Earth.
A cow! Big one.
On Saturday we went for some team building exercises – climbing in the trees! It was amazing :)
The highest route was 36 meters above ground. Needless to say, I didn’t venture out on that one.. :)
But I still had fun 20 meters above ground, though!
Here I come!
Däden :)
Having fun in the car back to the cabin :)
Widar and his coffee (tea?).
On Monday Josy had the day off, so she showed me Basel.
And everybody agreed that it had been a great weekend.
The other 192 pictures are on flickr as usual :)
3 comments
Kristin says:
sept 24, 2008
Jeg har aldri vært i Sveits, men Sigurd refererer stadig til den mye omtalte Juvente-turen for mange mange somre siden.
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Eivind says:
sept 24, 2008
Hehe, ja, den var da minneverdig nok, den.. Men ting tyder på at det er enda flere ting å se i Sveits enn det vi så den gangen. Merkelig nok. :)
Kristin says:
okt 1, 2008
Kan’ke skjønne det;)
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