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Denmark Sketch: At the Pool

October 15, 2018 frustratednester5 Comments

'Are you coming or not?' MT has promised the kids a visit to the pool this rainy Sunday. 7 yo is very keen, but 5 yo is resisting. I bring up pictures from the pool's website, showing splash pools surrounded by brightly coloured fountains and play areas, and he agrees to go along, although still… Continue reading Denmark Sketch: At the Pool

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Danish class international #julefrokost today. (Hands up if you can guess my contribution...😉) . Biryani, satay, blinis, and of course rugbrød and herring. Has to be said that Denmark doesn’t fare well in that list, but this herring was 😋 and *might* just have convinced me to add it to our Christmas menu. . Then the banitsa arrived. ‘Where there is Bulgarian, there is banitsa!’ With a fortune tucked inside that suits me just fine! . . . #internationalliving #globalliving #danishliving #potluck #biryani #banitsa #herring #danisheating #expatindenmark #myexpatlife #expatliving

I will get back to the novel at some point, but it’s this memoir project I’m really dying to get stuck into. You heard it here first...😉 . . . #amwriting #memoirwriting #expatwriting #fromclydetocongo #scotabroad #expatindenmark #myexpatlife #fastdraftyourmemoir #accountability #wordone #writersofinstagram

Time to confess, expat types! When were you last at the dentist? For yourself though? 😜 (Need to know it’s not just me...) . This half-asleep face comes to you after the last of 4 appointments in the last 4 weeks or so, amounting to about 4 years’ worth of dental treatment. All triggered of course by a minor dental emergency, rather than an adult impulse to actually look after myself. . This kind of self-care is never top of the agenda as you navigate new environments all the time. And when you’re squeezing in all the visits and appointments during a trip home, getting the kids in for their checkup already feels like a massive victory. . Lucky for me the tooth broke in Denmark, where I could stem the panic with a few phone calls in English, finding a lovely non-judgemental dentist with gsoh. Still, she ended our first appointment with an unyielding, ‘Let’s get you back in for a good clean and check up, hmmmm?’ 😳 . All tidied up now, no major work required, and a reminder set up for the next checkup ✅ All this #adulting feels satisfying (if still a little tingly). . . . #expatliving #myexpatlife #danishliving #tandlæge #atthedentist #selfcare #alltheadulting #lifeaftercongo #allofthefilters

If you missed my recent blog post (link in bio, obvs), you missed the news of Lisa Webb’s new antholigy project, my connection to it, and the story of the connections that flourished the last time she did it ❤️ . Head over to her grid @canadianexpatmom for all the details! . #Repost @canadianexpatmom with @get_repost ・・・ Have you lived abroad? Do you have a story to share? Want to be a published author? If yes, this post is for you! Find out more at canadianexpatmom.com . #callforsubmissions #onceuponanexpat #lifeonthemove #writersofinstagram #expatwriter #expatstories

Welcome to actual winter, my tropically-raised boys. ❄️ . . . #frostymorning #jackfrost #danishliving #myexpatlife #expatindenmark #goodmorning #danishskies #nofilter #feelssofresh #winterishere

One more #bookstagram. For some reason I never got around to reading this when I lived in Congo, but reading it from a distance is probably even better, now that it can mingle with my own nostalgia. . But it should be read by everyone, everywhere. The prose is simply stunning, and the characters captivating. ❤️ . These sisters experience a very different Congo than we did, but it’s still got me regretting that I didn’t learn any Lingala beyond ‘mbote’ 😳 . . . #thepoisonwoodbible #barabarakingsolver #congoliving #expatliving #myexpatlife #bookish #africanliving #fortheloveofafrica #amreading

Recently finished: The Year of Living Danishly by @mshelenrussell (a copy which has been passed around several expats around the school playground apparently!) . It’s been an entertaining but also super-useful primer for my first encounters with Danish culture, especially coming from the perspective of a fellow Brit. My most relatable moment: when she’s disappointed by the baker saying that Danes don’t eat kanelsnegl (er?) *every* day, ‘Because that would be unhealthy.’ 😔 . I’m moving on to How to Live in Denmark (swipe) by Kay Xander Mellish, based on her podcast episodes. (And as recommended by @pixel_viking 👍) It was just announced today that she’ll be leading a workshop here in Esbjerg next month, so I’d better get reading! . . . #theyearoflivingdanishly #helenrussell #howtoliveindenmark #kayxandermellish @how2liveindk #danishliving #expatindenmark #myexpatlife #bookish #bookstagram #amreading

Feeling #bookish today as I take a day ‘off’ to try and shake off a cold. . Got my copies of this delivered last night (at 8pm! The Postnord postie works a long day it seems...). . Written by a certain Marie Gannon (we know who you are 😉), it’s a story that will definitely make lots of grown-ups smile in rueful recognition. 🍷 😵 . But it’s also super-charming, and if you forget to put it back on the shelf before the kids reappear, it’s innocent enough in its knowing winks for them to flick through! . Top stocking filler 👍 . . . #bookstagram #mommysbignightout #mariegannon #stockingfiller #giftbook #recommendedread #happypost #postnord #danishliving @canadianexpatmom

Imagine how pretty this would look with a Danish flag on our flagpole. #notgonnahappen 😜 . . . #danishskies #sunsetvibes #fridayfeels #danishliving #myexpatlife #expatindenmark

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