Eldflugor och Odågor (picture from eldflugor.se)
There was a concert last Sunday were I went with Frida. It was from 6 girls, Google Translate said they called themselves Firefox and Waster (Eldflugor och Odågor), singing songs, mostly a cappella, some with addition of drums.
Most of the songs were in Swedish so I didn’t understand the words, but I could understand the feeling sometimes. A bit like Evelyn Glennie showed on TED.
It also was a great place there, good atmosphere. I think it was a living and working community (is that a correct term in English?). And there was a ecological shop in this building, finally with really good goods. Too bad it is in Uppsala which costs about €30,- to travel to..
It was great to travel this whole day. Although not as far as Nikki is traveling, I finally see some other places then only Eskilstuna and Västerås. And also that the good day is more than the goal your going to (the concert), it is also the travel, the things you see, the talks you have, what you think about..
On the way back there was this flyer on the streets of Uppsala. Some flyer from the International Womans Day. On the front it had a quote:
“Det är tur att vi finns, men det är en skam att vi behövs!”
I, apparently with my cultural background, read something like ‘man are scum and we behave’. Ohoh, don’t read that! Too late :) Not, it was more something like ‘it is good that we exist, but a shame that we are needed!’, about the womans organization behind this flyer.
Tags: culture, doing nothing, feeling, fine culture, food, frida, friends, interpretation, language, nikki, shopping, swedish language, traveling, uppsala
Categories: a cultural journey
