So, itinerary perjalanan kami yang pertama adalah ke Luxembourg!
Wokeh, sedikit background, Marcio asalnya dari Portugal, kelahirannya juga di Portugal dan masih warga negara sana. Tapi dari sekitar umur setaunan udah diajak merantau sama ortunya ke Luxembourg. Jadi Marcio besar dan tinggal selama sekian tahun lamanya (sampai dy akhirnya ke Indonesia) di Luxembourg. Itu kenapa dy bisa banyak bahasa. Like seriously!
Luxembourg adalah salah satu negara terkecil di Eropa yang berbatasan dengan Prancis, Jerman dan Belgia. Karena berbatasan dengan berbagai negara, Marcio (dan juga sodara2nya) bisa berbagai macam bahasa, yaitu: (1) Portugis, pastinya karena dy orang Portugis. Ibaratnya kita orang Indonesia pasti bisa Bahasa Indonesia. Dari kecil Marcio and sodaranya ngobrol sama ortunya pakai bahasa ini. So, walapun merantau di negeri orang, tapi Portugis tetap jadi bahasa ibunya, (2) Luxembourgish, of course karena dy tinggal disana. Btw aku baru tau lo ada bahasa ini, mungkin karena negaranya kecil banget, jadi ga banyak juga yang pakai bahasa ini. Menurut Marcio, bahasanya rada mix Jerman Inggris, but well, menurutku gak kedengeran Inggris2nya. (3) French, nah dy fasih banget bahasa Prancis karena dulu di sekolah, Marcio dan temen2nya ngobrol pake bahasa ini. Dulu di awal2 aku kursus Prancis, Marcio banyak bantu, tapi karena dy strict dan menyebalkan, aku sering marah2 kalo diajarin hihihi, (4) German, huuu… meleleh sumpah kalo dy ngomong jerman entah kenapa huahahhaa. Kueren! tegas dan gimana gtu lol (5) English, udah jangan ditanya, tanpa bahasa ini kita gak bisa komunikasi dah! (6) Spanish, dy ngerti bahasa ini karena rada2 mirip dengan Portugis katanya, (7) Indonesia, sekarang dy mulai pinter berkat sering ngobrol sama abang2 gojek dan penjual kaki lima hehhee, nuhuun bang.
Wokeh, lanjut ya, kenapa aku cerita mengenai bahasa ini, karena SEPANJANG tripku bersama keluarga Marcio aku mengalami roaming seroaming-roamingnya HUAHAHHA. Sodara-sodaranya bisa Bahasa Inggris (syukurlah), tapi Ibunya cuma bs Portugis dan sedikir Prancis. Alhasil, Bahasa Prancisku yang awalnya terbata2, jadi lumayan oke karena aku paksain pakai dengan endet endetan huhuhu. Lanjut lagi, hari pertama kami di Luxembourg, aku dijemput sama kakaknya Marcio, Ricardo dan NAdine beserta anak mereka, namanya Charlie.
Nah itu foto pertamaku di Luxembourg yeaaayy!! Setelahnya aku diajak ke rumah Ibunya Marcio. Wuussh, jalaanan di Luxembourg ternyata cukup lengang lo. Perjalanannya mengingatkanku sama Singaraja hehe. Kotanya gak rame, sekitaran jam 6 itu udah kerasa sepinya. Dan kata kakaknya, cuaca Luxembourg seringkali hujan. Dan kali itupun udah mulai gerimis. Waktu aku sampai di rumahnya, aku ketemu kakaknya Marcio yang cewek, Vera dan pacarnya Marco. Sama Vera, aku lumayan sering ngobrol, orangnya ramah dan asik. Umur kami juga gak beda jauh, cuman beda setaunan aja. Abis itu ketemu ibunya Marcio. Ohya karena beliau sakit dan minum obat, jadi waktu pertama ketemu itu beliau biasa aja liat Marcio hahahhaa, ga terkejut sama sekali. Malah belakangan baru Ibunya bilang ke aku kalo dy happy banget ketemu sama Marcio, apalagi dy ajak aku ke Luxembourg (sebelumnya doi sempat titip pesen ke Marcio, kalo pulang sekali lagi, ajak Ari ya). Dan ibunya bilang aku cantik HUAHAHHAHA… ini patut banget diceritain disini sebagai SEBUAH PENCAPAIAN! lol…
Setiap liat aku, ibunya bilang, aduh cantik banget. Trus bilang kalo warna kulitku bagus huahahha, ini warna kulit Indonesia asli bu huaahaha. Dan dy juga bilang kalo dy seneng Marcio punya aku sekarang, akrena ada yang jagain, dan dy liat Marcio happy banget sekarang. Dy happy karena Marcionya happy, jadi makasi ya buat aku. OMG! huahahha, sampe susah berkata2 dengernya hehhehe. Lanjut lagi, kita makan bareng di restoran gitu. Aku selipin fotonya ya.
Instagram caption: First dinner in Luxembourg ❤️ A very proper (by that I mean eating on table) and nice dinner after 20hrs trip from Jakarta to Luxembourg. I finally met Marcio’s mom, brother, sister and in laws. You really have no idea how excited and happy I was to meet them because for 2 years I heard so many stories about them from Marcio yet havent got chance to meet them until today.
And actually the most interesting thing that amazed me during this family dinner was how people constantly used, the ones I learned yeaaarrrss ago when I was in college, code mixing and code switching FOR REAL! Marcio and his family speak a lot of languages in one conversation and they mix and switch those languages in the conversation so casually and fluently. They speak Portuguese, Luxembourgish, French, German, English, and understand Italian, Spanish, Dutch and others (oh God!). Marcio speaks Portuguese with his parents. At this time, we had his mom so he spoke Portuguese with her (I wrote more about them in my latest post). Marcio speaks French with his siblings (his brother, sister and in laws). That was quite a challenge for me to understand, especially because they spoke oh so FAST! I could only catch one or two words and try to connect them with the context of conversation, and it puzzled me all the time. Such a puzzle! But they were so kind that they switched language to English for me so then I could understand. Then at that time, I could talk a lot more and HAPPIER because finally I could say everything I had in mind! Duuuh, that was literally when speaking English felt like soooo easy. Can we keep speaking English, pls? But ya, No! Lol… Marcio speaks Luxembourgish with his niece. Huwaaaa, and at this time, I spoke English (of course!) with her. She is a smart 6 years old kid, so we managed to understand each other, either with gesture or facial expression. Kid is the best!
But yes, dinner was totally great! I had so much fun and learned a lot at the same time. And yaaa, I had the tastiest food that I enjoyed so much. They said that it’s Portuguese type of food, well.. perfect then! I will have no problem at all 🙂
Pertemuan pertama berjalan dengan luancaaar. Aku suka makanannya, enak2 parah! Nanti lah di tulisan berikutnya aku ceritain. Sekarang aku mau tulisin kesanku sama keluarga Marcio. Ibunya baik banget ya ampun. Seriusan, selama di sana, Ibunya masakin, bantuin nyuciin baju2 kami, beliin buah atau makanan yang kami mau, trus berusaha banget bikin kami nyaman. Ibunya seneng banget kalo aku sama Marcio lagi males2an nonton TV berdua, pasti deh diselimutin dan dy bilang “seneng x liat kalian berdua” hahahha. Ibunya tipe2 ibu2 yang mau ngapain aja buat nyenengin anaknya, cuman karena beliau lama sendirian dan lama gak ketemu Marcio, beliau jadi banyaaaak banget omongnya, yang bikin Marcio jengkel hehhee… Tapi ya namanya orang tua ya, pasti pengen tau ini itu.
Instagram caption: Maman ❤️ So, interesting thing about Alice Perreira Marques, Marcio’s Mom, is about the language. She cannot speak English but she can speak a little French with accent, and for a newbie like me who never really exposed with a lot of accents, IT WAS HARD to understand. Yet, we never gave up trying to talk to each other.
Marcio speaks Portuguese with his Mom. And yes I didnt understand a word (but I laughed whenever they laughed, Idk why! Lol). He would translate it to English to me, so then I could engage in their conversation. The hardest thing was always when the translator was not around. Like yesterday, we went to groceries to buy stuff and Marcio went to different aisle, leaving me with his mom. And then we started the small chitchat in French talking things like “Vous aimez (naming stuff)?” and followed by stuttered me saying “oui” or “non” with a brief reason why I like or dislike that stuff IN FRENCH. Lol! And I continued asking the same, and she responded with Idk whether French or Portuguese. Or mostly we talked about weather, because I knew French terminologies for that lol! And yes when I spoke French, I didnt really focus on using “vous” or “tu”, I would use whichever matched the verb that I remembered. And I think she did the same!
Yesterday morning, she wanted to teach me how to make Marcio’s favorite cake. We were in the kitchen when she showed me the recipe, it was in Portuguese! Marcio was out buying eggs, so no one could save me. She talked about stuff, maybe in French (or in Portuguese? Again, idk!). She instructed me to do stuff and I was kinda lost and ended up hugging her and said “Je comprends pas! Desoleee” (I dont understand, I am sorry) with a little tears.
And this morning, we were in the kitchen when suddenly she said I could call her “Maman” which means mom, because she said (based on Marcio’s translation) “Marcio’s Mom is my mom also”. Owh, that’s kinda sweet! Actually before, I didnt know the proper way to address her (Marcio said I could just call her by her name which I explained to him that it’s considered impolite in my culture calling older people with their names). So yes, that works for me! 🙂
Kakak2nya. Kakaknya yang cowok ya ampun simpatik banget. Marcio versi yang cool dan serius. Huwah! Kerenlah orangnya. Ramah banget, menyenangkan, dan susah rasanya untuk gak suka ngobrol sama doi. Karena pinter dan asik, tapi ya itu rada2 cool. Tapi bukan yang sombong ya, cool aja. Maklum mungkin karena belum kenal cukup lama, jadi ya pasti cool lah. Kalo Marcio boro2 cool hahahha, udah ketauan lah jelek2nya (beserta bagus2nya yang banyaaaak hehe). Kakaknya cewek ramah banget, banyak ngobrolnya, aku sukaaa! Orangnya pengertian dan terbuka. Aku ngerasa karena dy udah deket sama aku, jadi dy lebih terbuka dibanding sama kakaknya yang cowok. Aku seneng banget kalo ngobrol sama Vera ini, karena bahan ga ada habis2nya. Dan aku juga bisa jadi diriku sendiri, tapi kalo sama Ricardo aku juga rada2 segan, masih yang agak jaim dan takut salah hehe..
Instagram caption: Being Vera’s sous chef yesterday.
We made Marcio’s favorite bolognese that he never found any tastier than this in Jakarta. He always ALWAYS talked about his sister bolognese whenever we ate one in Jakarta. Ohya, not only once or twice he complained about western food that was not even close to the taste that he really wanted. So when we planned to go Luxembourg, Vera’s bolognese was absolutely one of the food in the list that we craved to taste.
Funny story about this bolognese, one time I wanted to cook something good for Marcio that I texted Vera how to make his favorite Bolognese. She literally made it (at her home) and made video of the process then sent me the video. I tried to copy with a lil bit modification (which happened to be a lot, at the end!) due to limited ingredients we had in Jakarta. Then when I finished it and asked Marcio to taste, he said “uuhhhmmm…Bi, this is really good. But not like Vera’s”. And I think you can guess what happened next, the drama queen was mad and crying like a baby! Lol!
So yesterday we took train to Schifflange and went to Vera and Marco’s place. Theeen, we cooked her bolognese masterpiece. It tasted soooo good. She was absolutely generous with meat, we had a lot of meat in the sauce (thing that I took a note!). So ya, Marcio was super happy for finally having his favorite bolognese of all time 🙂 P.s: I wore Futebol Clube do Porto apron. Yuhuuu!
Nadine orangnya ramah, sangat menyenangkan. Keliatan banget orangnya strict dengan aturan dan sangat feminist hehhe. Dy kesel banget wktu tau kalo aku suka nyuapin Marcio, which is kalo di kita kayaknya biasa aja sih hal kaya gini. Atau maybe aku aja yang ngerasa biasa aja. Menurut dy jangan mau disuruh2 atau diinjek2 sama laki2. Eeeeh aku ga merasa sama sekali direndahkan atau diinjek2 hehe, we’re having fun! Akupun ngelakuinnya seneng2 aja. Dy juga ibu yang baik buat Charlie. Sangat berhati2 dan serius terhadap pendidikan anaknya. Charlie ini anaknya ceria, ramah tapi pemalu. So kalo udah kenal, dy bisa ramah banget, tapi awal2nya masih yang pemalu gitu. Charlie ini deket dan sayang banget sama Marcio 🙂 Terus ada Marco. Marco juga orangnya asik banget, kupikir kalo aku tinggal di sana pasti deh bisa gaul asik sama si Marco ini. Dy suka wine tasting, dan orangnya juga enak banget diajak ngobrol, open book banget. Sayangnya dy ga terlalu lancar bahasa Inggris, jadi masih sering dibantu terjemahin.
Overall, I have the best time in Luxembourg sama keluarganya Marcio. They welcomed me so warmly, like a part of family. Walaupun kami baru pertama ketemu, tapi udah kerasa deketnya. Walaupun roaming sama bahasa yang suka ga nyambung, tapi kami bener2 trying sooooo hard untuk bisa komunikasi dan ngerti satu sama lain. Fyuuh, thanks all for the effort! I had a great time with the family in Lux 🙂
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