Last night we watched the finals for Eurovision 2007.
For those who do not know (likely most of the Americans who read my blog), Eurovision is an annual song contest that began in 1956. Each of the member countries sends a performance to represent their country. The performances are voted upon by the viewers, although you are not allowed to vote for your own country.
GLH had never heard of it before and sat with horror as I forced him to watch in order to "submerge him in European culture."
The performance from Serbia won the competition:
Which is a very good thing. It means we can continue living here.
While the votes were being tabulated, GLH declared that if the performance from the Ukraine won, we would have to leave Europe as quickly as possible and never return.
Fortunately, Ukraine came in second:
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
An insider's view of life as an outsider...
About Me
What Time Is It In Zürich?
Expat Bloggers in Switzerland
Librarians Who Blog
Other Blogs I Read...
Favorite Links
Expat Finder
Blog Archive
-
▼
2007
(298)
-
▼
May
(27)
- I Have a Secret!
- Which Gene Dominates?
- And the Rain Came Down
- Another Holiday Weekend
- Weird and Wacky Signs: European Edition
- What Are They Hiding?
- One Last Schloss
- Juxtaposition
- Nächste Halt: Salzburg
- Schloss-ing around Germany
- Neuschwanstein in the Rain
- Road Trip!
- Roman Lights
- Cat-Nap
- What?
- Mistreatment of Trees
- On Top of Zürich
- Eurovision 2007
- Geraniums Abound!
- Bern Revisited
- Ancient Passage Ways
- Ahh...
- Jonesing for a Hit
- Day Tripping to County Wicklow
- City of Stories
- That Will Be Grand!
- Céad míle Fáilte
-
▼
May
(27)
Travels in 2008
- January: Cleveland, US
- February: Cairo, Egypt
- March: Naples, Italy
- April: Kansas City, US
- May: Las Vegas, US; Berlin, Germany
- June: Hong Kong, China (GLH only)
- July: Eastern Mediterranean Cruise
- August:
- September: San Antonio, US
- October: Minnesota, US
- November:
- December:
Travels in 2007
- January: Basel, Switzerland; Milan, Italy; Winterthur, Switzerland
- February: Konstanz, Germany; Paris, France; Prangins, Switzerland; Rapperswil, Switzerland
- March: Bern, Switzerland; Schaffhausen, Switzerland; United States; Zug, Switzerland
- April: Aarau, Switzerland; Ballenberg, Switzerland; Basel, Switzerland; Colmar, France; Interlaken, Switzerland; Luzern, Switzerland; Maienfeld, Switzerland; Rome, Italy; Solothurn, Switzerland; Strasbourg, France; Stuttgart, Germany
- May: Bern, Switzerland; Dublin, Ireland; Geneva, Switzerland; Innsbruck, Austria; Lausanne, Switzerland; Lyon, France; Montreux, Switzerland; Munich, Germany; Salzburg, Austria
- June: Einsiedeln, Switzerland; United States
- July: St. Ursanne, Switzerland; Winterthur, Switzerland
- August: Basel, Switzerland; Brussels, Belgium; Copenhagen, Denmark; Dijon, France; Chartres, France; Gdansk, Poland; Helsinki, Finland; Interlaken, Switzerland; Luzern, Switzerland; Oslo, Norway; Paris, France; St. Petersburg, Russia; Stockholm, Sweden; Tallinn, Estonia
- September: Ballenberg, Switzerland; Einsiedeln, Switzerland; Mallorca, Spain; Zug, Switzerland
- October: Munich, Germany; Paris, France; Venice, Italy
- November: London, England; United States
- December: Munich, Germany; Nuremberg, Germany; Salzburg, Austria
2 comments:
I'm bummed that I missed it...but that would have entailed turning on the TV last night. Oh well. Glad you can stay!
Watching that Ukrainian act was like watching a car accident. After they were on, I had to turn off the TV. Oh the humanity!
There are times I really have to wonder about Europe...
Post a Comment