<-- Le valchirie son tornate!!
The first week of February Francesca and I, like many Italian have a habit of doing, we were in "winter" abroad.
Cuba? Thailand? Red Sea? Maldives? Santo Domingo? Mexico?
s useless! SWEDEN! Cool, with average temperature of 4-5 degrees.
The pretext for this flight into the land of Volvo (the IKEA is now a commonplace to assume ..) was the degree of the two girls who had come here in November by us and which I have previously told .
In practice I went to check that they were going to speak evil not only in Italy but in our area! But I would say that there was little to be done in spite of us Italians, we do not know his name nor their King (yes, there is the monarchy, for the uninitiated ..) nor their prime minister , them We know a lot.
Pure too.
I was asked in turn: what happened in Naples that is all that garbage (it was hard to understand at a Scandinavian home takes the waste separated in a very precise in Naples are not recycling, but above all that the dirt is not blown out but suddenly are the TG that have begun to talk about it ..), how did the government down Prodi (Mastella screens to explain ..), if we are ready for a new Berlusconi (resulting in laughter and / or compassionate smile ..) as Ibrahimovic is playing (not much loved by the people in Scandinavian as it has "voluntarily" unlearned Swedish ..).
Apart from this constant obstacle course (and it's been long since we met so many people curious to know of our beautiful country), the holiday was really an unforgettable experience: very little travel and lowered into reality Local.
A degree from them is a kind of public presentation of the thesis. Yes, public, because everyone can not only participate but also to intervene by asking questions and requesting clarification. After 40 minutes of the job description, you just go to questions, made by two graduate students (and that will work on a thesis that takes its cue from that), the co (which hears for the first time that job and then is encouraged to ask questions) and the public.
course, because they do not know what are the questions that will be made, from what you already see the difference from our system. Difference becomes even more macroscopic characters at the end: it is not the proclamation! No more questions, the Rapporteur is grateful for the participation and wish everyone a good day. END.
After this time, surprisingly enough, in itself, came the even more surreal: we went, the same evening, at dinner by the rapporteur Professor! Then you think "Well, who knows what will be done to eat, and above all for who knows how many poor ... "But no! The dinner was to be prepared, and each has played its part: Jenny sliced \u200b\u200btomatoes and onions in abundance, along with a little 'salmon and avocado, Francesca and chopped bacon (actually, the bacon) for spaghetti alla carbonara made by Peter, a guy who works at the University of Gambettola in Cesena and has collaborated with the University of Lund, who was also a guest, along with other 7-8 people for this dinner.
They then joined us: the co-rapporteur and his wife, Hedvig, the engaged couple Jenny and Hedvig, a boy from Ecuador who works at the University of Lund, the husband of the rapporteur and another guy who works for Tetra Pak in Lund (I think ex-mate and Jenny Hedvig).
All barefoot (just me and Frank did not know of this habit of Scandinavian people and we kept our shoes ..) and especially free to rummage in the drawers to find the tools to make something to eat without asking permission and to seek the bathroom at random, entering from room to room. And all without ever having been there before.
Truly an amazing experience, in some ways absurd and especially surprising, since neither Frank nor I had no idea of \u200b\u200bthe customs of the Swedes. But the next time we will do as we said Peter, "the first time I also have kept the shoes on my feet because I did not know, but today ... I bought the new socks! ".
now expect the Valkyries will come down on the Riviera as in the roaring '70s. But there will also be with them their Vikings and Erik Filip. And I've seen that the their size can assure you that it is better to stay away ..
