A New Country

My brother-in-law came for a visit to our new home. One of the things he wanted to do was visit the Danish National Aquarium. It was a cold rainy Sunday therefore the perfect time to…

The sun sets at 3:45pm and its dark by 4:30pm. Haven’t quite got used to this reduced day. My wife arrived home around 10pm from Helsinki – even darker earlier there – and brought us…

It’s been two months.  Today I received my Dankort, which is a debit card linked to my bank account. It says Visa but it’s not a credit card. At long last, I was able to…

Today is two months. Two months since I arrived. It’s not actually two months because I was in Sweden for a week immediately after I arrived but in the long march to forever, it’s two…

I swam 500 meters again this morning courtesy of the excellent community pool. Monday I also swam. Today was better.  A bit later in the morning and less crowded. Did my laps in 25 minutes…

I received my CPR card in the mail. I applied on the 8th of October and received it today. I still need my NemID — more about the NemID and a cashless society whose government…

The details you remember after an event are often fragmentary. What stands out may not be what you expect to remember. Saturday is a damp and chilly 40 degrees after weeks of very fine mild…

I’m running out of clean underwear so I start researching washers and dryers. I could find a laundromat nearby but we have two empty spaces in the bathroom that are meant for a washer and…

I head to town for a welcome to Denmark lunch at Cafe Gammel Torv at the invitation of T. It’s a bright sunny day. Copenhagen feels magical when it’s unexpectedly sunny. The streets are filled…

My adventure started at the end of May, Memorial Day weekend to be exact – just shy of 5 months as I write this post from my new home in Copenhagen. My wife accepted a…