I attended a Holland’s Nation event this Thursday called Ämpos. Translated, this is a name for an event where you eat pea soup and pancakes, drink punsch, and sing a lot of crazy songs. The meal was great…I hate pea soup, but this wasn’t the same, it was loaded with ham and almost was like a lentil soup. The pancakes resembled crepes and were great. The pusch is type of alcohol; the Swedes drink ALL THE TIME and ON ANY OCCASION. Awesome! It makes every event just-that-much-better! Pusch tasted like sweet schnapps with a bit of a moon shine twist. It was gross, but you drink it. Beer and cider is also served trough out the meal. The fun part is when the singing begins; halfway through the meal the Vocal Foreman (an actual position in the Nation) begins the singing. Songs are sung for a good hour. The songs were all in Swedish, and the atmosphere of the event is hard to describe. This traditional past time has been going on for 300 years. Once every one is drunk…the inappropriate and modern songs are sang…they are outrageous.
Tonight, I am attending the Novisch Party. I am thinking it will be the best part of this very Swedish week I have experienced.
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