varia_denksport t1_j8mxjda wrote on February 15, 2023 at 2:23 PM

My best story is: I was living in Sweden at the time, and was visiting my bf in my own country. We went to a second hand shop we had never been before and I was obviously soon browsing the book section. I saw this little red book with big letters "I love you" on it. I jokingly told my bf he had to buy me that book because he loves me. He bought it. After buying it we saw that the book was actually in Swedish, even though Swedish is not a major language where I am from.

I still cant believe I found a Swedish book on my visit home while I was living in Sweden.

WendellSanders01 OP t1_j8qpgtp wrote on February 16, 2023 at 6:58 AM

Was it a good book? You mean it was ironic because the title was in English? That seems like such a neat story though.

varia_denksport t1_j8qvl99 wrote on February 16, 2023 at 8:20 AM

It wasnt a novel, but a book with quotes, lyrics and pictures about love, its quite nice and turned out to be a great way to practice some Swedish.

It was just so random finding a Swedish book in a random small second hand shop in the Netherlands, during the time I actually lived in Sweden.

Random finds like that is why I love going to second hand shops.

WendellSanders01 OP t1_j8qw9vi wrote on February 16, 2023 at 8:29 AM

Ohhh.. I get it.. I was trying to understand at first where the book shop was. I thought at first you meant the book shop was in Sweden. But it was in Netherlands. Ah, makes much more sense now. Yes. Used bookstores are amazing. I wish I had the opportunity to visit more shops but I don't travel much. Sounds like it was definitely a good book, even if it wasn't a novel.