Robert and I have our birthday traditions. We travel somewhere fabulous for mine, and stay home and eat cake with his kids for his. This year, we sort of reversed roles… I spent my birthday driving around rural Denmark in a moving van picking up mid-century Danish furniture and Robert spent his sailing around the Baltic sea! When… 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
11 Epically Bad Nights: A Negative Review of Norwegian Epic
One day shortly before Christmas, I got an email touting a last minute Mediterranean cruise deal that was too good to pass up. Robert and I had a fabulous time in the Norwegian Fjords last summer, and we thought some time on the Mediterranean was just the thing to help us get over the disappointment of the failed England move… Continue Reading
5 years & a bit… I’m finally European!
Well, sort of. Marrying Robert has given me the gift of permanent residency in Denmark, and it’s transferrable to other countries! I’ve got a golden ticket to knock around Europe for the rest of my life :-) My initial visas had an expiration date and were tied to a specific job, so if I’d changed jobs, I’d have… Continue Reading
Making another run…
A few years ago, I took a Norwegian fjords cruise from Copenhagen on a tight budget… i.e. I smuggled booze onboard and stayed in an inside cabin. The experience kind of sucked, but the landscapes were the most beautiful natural scenery I’ve ever caught sight of, and I’ve wanted a do-over in a balcony cabin ever since…… Continue Reading
Five Years an Expat
In two days, it will be exactly five years since a very anxious lady (me) and her ginger cat (Opie) took a leap of faith and boarded a plane out of Boston on a one-way ticket to Denmark. One year in, the experience of living abroad was still new, and I was uncertain as to whether I’d… Continue Reading
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