tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176678852780758737.post8772427542947627608..comments2023-05-07T05:07:09.557-04:00Comments on *sparklingly: 2012: The year that wasJ {*sparklingly}http://www.blogger.com/profile/01208546372229418080noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176678852780758737.post-59084085247662396162013-01-13T14:10:18.293-05:002013-01-13T14:10:18.293-05:00Oooo, I love that I'm associated with that ima...Oooo, I love that I'm associated with that image now!<br /><br />I do like that directness about Swedish...as compared to Italian which is often very roundabout. The one hope I have is that since the Swedish sentence structure is so similar to English, that I might "get" it quicker.J {*sparklingly}https://www.blogger.com/profile/01208546372229418080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176678852780758737.post-83688071743798694752013-01-13T13:57:46.755-05:002013-01-13T13:57:46.755-05:00I think of you now and see sparkingling weather in...I think of you now and see sparkingling weather in my mind. What a lovely year of travels!<br /><br />I might of mentioned - it truly took me two years to retain Swedish city names and terms so the feeling you express is not isolated. The language often felt so funny to me that once I began speaking my husband gently told me that I needed to "be serious" when I spoke Swedish. (... and it a very direct language - no fuss "Julgransplundering = Christmas Tree Plundering! Happy Weekend!willowdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09596307925293450772noreply@blogger.com