No, not the ice hockey match, the cinnamon bun contest! I give you...Kanelsnurren Bakeri!! It was a close run thing between them and Ostehuset but this one just edged it.
And at the DNB Arena on Saturday night…alas Norge were narrowly beaten by Danmark. It was a very close match with plenty of meaty incidents, most of which culminated in a stint in the sin bin! Fair to say we're now hooked and will be going along to support the local team - Stavanger Oilers - who had two players in the national team. The most entertaining part of the proceedings was the random 'dance cam' and 'kiss cam' that appeared on the big screen during any breaks in play…the idea being that if you were featured on the screen you either had to shake your booty or kiss the person next to you…in the hope it was your partner!!
Word of the day….'genser' (gehn-serr) meaning jumper. Not all that far away from 'ganzie' I reckon! It's definitely the time of year for 'genseren' (plural), seems to be getting darker and colder by the day. Nouns in Norwegian are either masculine, feminine or neuter and as such, any adjectives describing those nouns take on different endings depending on the gender. Confused? Join the club! So where we would say a 'good' day, a 'good' house, a 'good' cake or 'good' books (plural), in Norwegian the word 'good' would be (respectively)…'god', 'godt', 'god' and 'gode'. Why use one word when four will do in other words!! Here endeth today's language lesson...
Darkness is descending over the fjord, so it must be time to crack open one of those eye-wateringly expensive bottles of wine. Ha en god helg (there's that word again…)…
Skål!
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