Ok, for those who don't know, Uppsala Uni has 13 different 'nations' so called originally based upon where you were born/live, so if you lived in Stockholm, you'd join Stockholm nation...makes sense right? Now though, anyone can pick any nation, so I ended up joining Gästrike-Hälsinge or GH for short (pronounced Gay-Whore....sort of, amusing hey?!) based upon they have 160 types of beer...yes the stereotypical drunk Englishman shines through here (Although I was with an Irishman at the time). Anyway these nations all hold 'gasques' or dinner parties (suit job) where you eat, drink and be merry. So being a gasque virgin, I decided to go down with Johanna to see what this was all about. Needless to say, Swedes can be very entertaining......the evening ended up being a singing fest of traditional GH songs and made up bits, one song taking the piss out of themselves, saying that Finnish people are much harder than they are, also one about nightmare mother in laws....that proved to be quite popular. I did however not understand any of this but luckily I had my pocket translator...ok Johanna helped slightly!! to get me through the evening. After many talks, drinking (not too much for me mind you), singing and smiling, the meal came to a close and farewells made. We ended up in another nation, had a dance...then called it a night. If I do say so myself, me and Johanna looked good, haha, I'm not up my own arse really, but events like this only come round once in a blue moon.
ABBA had re-emerged to the crouds delight
ABBA had re-emerged to the crouds delight
