This afternoon, my son returns from scout camp. He'll be returning, not only with a week's worth of camp washing (I bet the socks will be able to walk to the washing machine on their own), but with a couple of Swedish scouts (and their kit) as well.
We're ho-ho-ing.
As in 'Home Hospitality'; the Swedish scouts are guests of several local troops. Apparently, we've been allocated two teenaged girls, as there was a shortage of female scouts at this end. Although I'm sure T would have loved a couple of lads to play Nerf wars with, we're one of only a few families who have a daughter of a similar age to the female Swedes. They'll be staying with us for a couple of nights, before everyone heads off to London for three days, T included.
Google translate has been consulted and various useful phrases printed out, as we have no idea how good the girls' English will be. Better than our Swedish, most probably. There's no phonetic spelling on the list, so I have no idea how to pronounce anything. I could be trying to say 'how are you?', and might end up with 'your grandfather sucks wellington boots.'
It's all part of the adventure...the phrase list is telling me 'det gรถr inget!' (Don't worry about it!)
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