Spisebord

We sat at a table as we ate lunch today. The first time we've sat as a family at home around the table for a meal since we left Oslo in mid-February. We are thankful for a great deal we found on Norway's version of Craigslist. We are now the proud owners of a lovely table and 6 chairs! Can't wait to see who might end up around this table over time :)

And while we're talking dining tables, I'll share a bit of humor with you...

A dining table is called spisebord [SPEEH-seh-bord] in Norwegian. It is a combination of the words for eat (spise) and table (bord). You see, in Norwegian, when you describe something it becomes one word. So you put SPISE and BORD together: spisebord. Take a look at the funny picture one of our Norwegian friends posted on Facebook. It shows you how we can really mess up the language with just the incorrect use of a space. Dining table? Or eating a table? ;)