Saturday
Slept in, then spent the day with Gunta, walking around town. Today was a light festival, and all the parks and squares had light shows and art installations. Very pretty and fun photography. We went to a tea/coffee place that served Mate, a tea from Patagonia. The Mate made me nostalgic for Chile, but also quite happy as it's highly caffeinated. Buzzed out of there and strolled around town again, looking for more light shows. Ended up at the hostel bar, where I had a Siltums Balzums which is Black Balzams with hot water and upene sula (black current juice). Gunta wanted a snack and we ended up going to McDonald's! I was mortified but went along with it and got a blueberry pie (they call it melleņu pīrāgs). Walked Gunta to the train station and then went back to the hostel, and here I am, catching up on this blog.
Word.............................basas kājas... as in a pantiņš that Marija taught me a while ago, and I just taught it to Gunta:
Man bus, man bus oliņ' dēt
Ar basam kājam pastaigāt
When Marija said it, she flapped her arms up and down like a hen and then she said the last syllable of each line ("dēt" and "..gāt") in a squawk like a hen laying an egg. Hilarious.
Dish................................pizza and fries
Highlight..........................looking at all the pretty lights
Lowlight.........................annoying and rude pedestrians
Random Observation......................over coffee this morning: how can there be only one word for "I love coffee" and "I love to hike" and "I love my grandmother" and "I love my spouse"? Same goes for hate.
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what does olin det mean????????
ReplyDeletesounds like a very very enjoyable day.not to wild and not boring!!!!!
im making pankukas from scratch.
oliņ' dēt = to lay a little egg
ReplyDeleteI will have, I will have, a little egg to *squawk* lay.
With bare feet I *squawk* walk.