Finn's Weird Weekend
It has been an odd weekend even by Finn's usual standards.
I spent some time in an open air cafe where, in the space of ten minutes I was approached by six complete strangers. They each asked me directions to some public building, one after the other. I then spent some time buying a range of groceries, most of which I would have no use for, from some astonishingly formal shopkeepers. For a change I then spent a little time serving groceries to people.
I have admitted to being American, English, French and German, and admitted that while my French is excellent, my Spanish is average at best.
I have realised that people spend a huge amount of time asking complete strangers what sort of house they live in, and that those strangers are not only happy to answer but they also freely give a room by room breakdown of how their living space is organised. I personally live in a three bedroom house with a shower and, naturally, a kitchen. And in a one bedroom flat with my girlfriend. And in a two bedroom apartment with my husband and child (a son of five).
People also seem very curious about the town I live in, how long I have lived there and what I do for a living. Oddly if I choose to ask them the same questions they happily go into great detail without asking what I want from the information.
And just before I got to work I spent some time helping my wife choose a new pair of shoes. And then I complimented my boyfriend on the nice new tie he had bought.
Learning a new language gives you a very varied lifestyle...
I spent some time in an open air cafe where, in the space of ten minutes I was approached by six complete strangers. They each asked me directions to some public building, one after the other. I then spent some time buying a range of groceries, most of which I would have no use for, from some astonishingly formal shopkeepers. For a change I then spent a little time serving groceries to people.
I have admitted to being American, English, French and German, and admitted that while my French is excellent, my Spanish is average at best.
I have realised that people spend a huge amount of time asking complete strangers what sort of house they live in, and that those strangers are not only happy to answer but they also freely give a room by room breakdown of how their living space is organised. I personally live in a three bedroom house with a shower and, naturally, a kitchen. And in a one bedroom flat with my girlfriend. And in a two bedroom apartment with my husband and child (a son of five).
People also seem very curious about the town I live in, how long I have lived there and what I do for a living. Oddly if I choose to ask them the same questions they happily go into great detail without asking what I want from the information.
And just before I got to work I spent some time helping my wife choose a new pair of shoes. And then I complimented my boyfriend on the nice new tie he had bought.
Learning a new language gives you a very varied lifestyle...