This is the most exciting post I have probably ever written! One I have been dreaming about being able to post one day: After a fun and exciting 12 1/2 years in America – my family and I now live in Denmark. It hasn’t been easy to get to this point and there are still lots of challenges involved with relocating our family but we made it and I can now give you current updates on Danish culture and share with you hidden gems only the locals know about.

On this past year’s journey I have come to realize that visiting Denmark is a whole different story than actually living here. For over ten years I was a tourist in my native country and I could fill my visits with fun and all the best Denmark has to offer. Now, that I live here I feel like an immigrant seeing things from the outside. I realize how tough it is to be a foreigner in this little country where the majority is so alike that it can be hard to tell one Dane from the other! I have also come to realize that you cannot just leave a place where you have lived for so long, it stays with you the way a person you have loved and lost always stays in your heart.

The excitement I first felt from returning to Denmark is slowly evaporating in the midst of all the challenges of relocation and everyday tasks. Nevertheless, I refuse to let it ruin the joy of being back home so my intention is to keep on the tourist’s sunglasses and explore all the best that Denmark has to offer with the amazement and wonder of someone who sees it for the first time. Like the sunflower I will bend, not break, with the wind and turn my face towards the sun. So please join me on this journey of (re-) discovering all that’s beautiful, warm and sunny in Denmark – we all know it’s needed in these dark months to come!