Six years ago last week, Opie and I landed in Denmark. As I’ve written over the past six years, my life here hasn’t always been easy, and Denmark and I haven’t exactly been soulmates. But it’s getting better. Aarhus is a beautiful and charming city, which is like night and day different from the Jutland town I lived in… Continue Reading
Five Things I Miss About America
I grew up in Connecticut with easy access to New York City, but Europe? Europe was where I’d always wanted to be. I thought that European food was better, that the clothes and cosmetics were fancier, the houses were more interesting, and that in general, life was better and more elegant across the Pond. During my past… Continue Reading
Embracing Small Space Living in Europe
Robert and I have finally given up on house hunting! I’ve finally put my dreams of a seven room apartment on hold, and I’m going to embrace the art of small space living in Europe like I’ve never embraced any aspect of European living before! (Except maybe the six weeks paid holiday.) When I first moved to… Continue Reading
Free Healthcare in Denmark: My First-Hand Experience
Free healthcare in Denmark seems to be a hot topic from the lips of Bernie Sanders to the news these days, so I thought I’d write a post from the front lines about this much lauded free Danish healthcare. First, let’s get one thing straight. Free healthcare in Denmark is not free. Danish healthcare is… Continue Reading
Our New Dream: An Urban Backyard Homestead
Robert and I have been focusing our search on big, impressive places, but a little borderline derelict, hadn’t been renovated in fifty years bungalow in need of more TLC than we could give it got us thinking in a new direction. Before I moved to Denmark, I’d dreamed of expanding my garden and turning my suburban Connecticut lawn into… Continue Reading
Hunting My Real Estate Dream: A Big Aarhus City Apartment
A big Aarhus city apartment only comes on the market once in a blue moon. A typical Aarhus city apartment has one to three rooms. You can find some four and five room apartments, but six or seven rooms is practically unheard of. So, imagine my glee when this seven room apartment came on the market in the… Continue Reading
Mid-Century Danish Design: Hunting for Houses in Aarhus Denmark
I’ve slowly come around to Robert’s preference for a house over an apartment, and our hunt for houses in Aarhus Denmark is in full swing! When I first moved to Denmark in 2010, I bought the apartment that was my muse for nearly four years. Then I moved into Robert’s place where the lack of storage, privacy,… Continue Reading
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