A post of mine in this log seems to have disappeared? I am fairly certain I did write it, but can't find it. Oh well.
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I have been reading
La Justice de l'ancillaire and have gotten about halfway through since Friday. I hope to have finished it before flying back home on Monday. The reading is much easier now. This is probably the longest thing I have read in French, aside from the Pratchett translation I read. It would be much better if I could find things to read in French that I actually enjoy, then I would maybe consider caring about the language and its upkeep. As it is - meh.
While in France, I spoke the smallest amount of French possible. I managed most commercial transactions okay. I also managed to get a piercing done and understand most of the care instructions. Finally, I managed to hold a bilingual conversation with someone where I was spoken to in French and responded in English. We both have the same issues so actually that worked really well
Here in Sweden things are going better, I feel. I am understanding pretty much all that is said to me and having no problem with commercial transactions at all. By contrast, I am not speak much Swedish, which is probably bad. I have bought a new book called
Häxans Trädgård. It was between this book and
Herbariet: Växter till mat, magi och medecin which I have wanted for ages, but this is prettier. They are both books about uses for different plants.
Finally, my boyfriend bought me a lovely little book in Swedish on Finnish folklore
it was published in 1967 and the pages have yet to be cut
I'm looking forward to it!