Quelques années après mes études à Pau, j’étais à une conférence scientifique en France. Le plus souvent, dans les contextes scientifiques, l’anglais est la langue utilisée. Cependant, un participant a été très clair et a souligné “comme nous sommes en France, nous parlons français”. Il l’a dit d’une manière très tranchante. Presque comme s’il avait été offensé.

Ce matin, l’homme à la réception m’a donné ma clé et en même temps il m’a dit “avec plaisir”. C’est exactement le nom de livre français au collège. Quelque chose que j’ai completement oublié, mais qui est soudain devenu si réel. Des memoires soit toujours la.

Les langues facilitent des choses, surtout si on en connaissez plusieurs. J’adore le français, c’est un peu comme chanter. Malheureusement, c’est dommage que je ne puisse pas le maintenir, mais maintenant je peux au moins regarder la télé, TF1. Aujourd’hui, j’ai aussi essayé de lire un journal. Le moins que je puisse faire soit de pratiquer la grammaire et le vocabulaire qu’il me reste.

Bonne journée

A few years after my studies in Pau, I was at a scientific conference in France. Most often, in scientific contexts, English is the language used. However, one participant was very clear and emphasized “as we are in France, we speak French”. He said it in a very sharp way. Almost as if he was offended.

This morning the man at the reception gave me my key and at the same time he said “with pleasure”. This is exactly the name of the French book we used in high school. Something I have completely forgot about, but suddenly it became so real. I still remember struggeling with French in high school.

Languages ​​make things easier, especially if you know several of them. I love French, it’s a bit like singing. Unfortunately, it’s a pity that I can’t maintain it, but now I can at least watch TV, TF1. Today I also tried to read a newspaper. The least I can do is practice the grammar and vocabulary that remains.

Have a nice day

Since you can never be sure of Swedish summer weather, it is nice to go for a little trip to France. France really feels like an extra native country. Easy to rapidly settle in and finding a daily routine.

When I arrived yesterday, I wanted to go for a walk at once. Sporty France. Cycling is almost like a national sport among both young and old people. As usual, I cannot resist dogs and I got to pet this sweet Tintin. He didn’t want to jump out of the backpack. You can see that he enjoyed the bicycle ride as the photo above relieves.

Stay safe

I sometimes have to remind myself of recovery which is good for my body. To do nothing, The cells need rest. My sofa is my ECMO machine where my body catches up. Yesterday was such a beautiful day and a little walk was perfect after lunch. I was endowed with so much energy by just watching Stockholm Marathon 2024. I also wanted to run.

“Tjejmilen” (10 kilometers) is the 31^st of August 2024 and there is still time to practice. Three months to go. This morning I did my usual training which is strength and fitness. Different from running. That is why I walked yesterday. I need to start slowly with jogging. Are you joining?

Stay safe

I need more time to find the way forward for Molly´s book. To do that I need to deepen my knowledge in English so it will be more automatic when I speak. I have thought of writing Molly´s book in English, meaning I need to practice English.

Lady´s book started many years ago, and I have summarized my work, and I am still reflecting. Unfortunately, I rarely practice English in Sweden, and I have to think about spelling, grammar etc. For example, I was going to write the word queue, and all of a sudden, I could not spell. Instead, it felt like a mix of English and French. Que? Or Queue?

If I had more time, I would love to learn Spanish and Italian so I at least could speak. Since they derive from the same romance language family tree it should be possible.

To begin with, I will start listening to the BBC news, and I hope my English will be more automatic.

Molly´s book has begun.