The first year in Denmark!
This is a few days late but that’s what happens when you have a sick 3 month old!
On August 25 it has been exactly one year since we moved to Denmark! Here is our 1 year interview:
1. What are a few things that you like about Denmark?
Mike: The liberal and progressive views people have here, the high quality of life, parks, the biking culture is amazing
Carly: The lack of winter, the progressive views and that everything is green year round; there are some very beautiful parks
2. What are a few things that you dislike about Denmark?
M: The closed off social circles, people are less friendly and less outgoing, no small talk
C: People are unfriendly and do not look you in the eyes, no one says “hello” or “please” and “thank you”, the medical services appear to be reactive instead of proactive
3. What has surprised you about Denmark?
M: How hard it is to find an apartment
C: How “relaxed” (relaxed was the nicest word I could think of using) they are about the health and wellbeing of their children! They leave them outside in strollers while they are in stores and restaurants and they believe that using medication for an infant with a fever is coddling
4. What is your favorite moment?
M: The birth of our daughter
5. What trips have you taken?
M: Ireland, Italy and Germany
6. What was your favorite trip and why?
M: Rome, the culture and all of the history
C: Rome, the preservation of history is beautiful! The pasta and the gelato
7. Who visited during the first year?
Both of our moms, Kale and Alex
8. What are 5 things that you miss about home?
M: Can I just name restaurants?
- volleyball community
- Chipotle
- family… maybe I should put that first?
- car
- people speaking English
C:
- family
-friends
- the accessibility of stores; if I want to buy something I know exactly what store to go to in order to purchase it
- U.S. washers and dryers; the washers take 1.5 hrs per cycle and the dryers take 2 hrs to dry a load of laundry
- the living quarters; more space in U.S. homes
9. What are your wishes for the next year?
M: That Curie grows big and strong, that we get to take a few more trips in Europe, that work continues to go well and that we have more visitors
C: To make some mom friends, for Mike and I to help Curie explore her world, take trips and to be a good mom