Week 1

Week 1 of our adventure has come to a close and Nick only had to work 1 day...Welcome to Denmark! The weather was lovely, sunny with an amazingly blue sky and very few clouds. Most of the week we relished in the 70+ degree days, although we had two cooler, cold days. The temporary housing we are in is perfect and if we did not have another place already picked out (and it was cheaper), we perhaps would have considered staying here for the duration of our time. The brick is stuccoed and painted white and the timbers a happy blue. We have a fully-stocked kitchen, small bathroom, dining room and living room on the main floor. Upstairs is another sitting room and a bedroom with skylight windows that open. In each regular window in the house there are beautiful plants grown into a circle shape (this seems to be quite common). Outside the front door we have a table and two chairs on a brick patio perfect for grilling on. There is an outbuilding adjoining our patio with a washer and dryer that we have access to. Behind that, there is a rather large area with raised bed planters full of herbs used by the kitchen that we also have access to. Just outside our fenced in patio, there is a large lawn, which we have found ideal for Bella.

Our temporary home 

Large yard for Bella to sniff and roll around in

Bella basking in the glory of the day on the patio

Circular plants grow in each window - check out that flower! 

Monday and Tuesday were travel days and Thursday and Friday were holidays, so Wednesday, Nick went into the office to get settled. Because the company just moved into a very nice, very large building from a very small warehouse, Nick had several boxes to unpack into his very own, spacious new office. Whilst Nick was getting settled in to his new work digs, Heather spent a relaxing day unpacking at the house, taking a resentful Bella for a very short run (Bella was quite unimpressed with the idea after her long walk at Busse and demanded more time to recuperate), and getting situated in her new home. In the afternoon, Nick picked Heather up and took her to his new office. It was around 4:10 pm and was a ghost town (again Welcome to Denmark - you gotta love their 32 hour work week). Wednesday night was uneventful as Nick and Heather-both a bit jet lagged-enjoyed some kebaps and a movie and celebrated their new life and the coming of the first weekend in Denmark (a 4 day weekend at that)! 

The weekend was relaxing. Nick and Heather we able to sleep in; enjoy their new (temporary) home; visit their new (permanent) home; explore Odense and the island a bit; indulge in danish pastries; venture into the grocery store; grill up some tasty food; test drive several cars; and do a bit of shopping for the new apartment. One highlight of the weekend was enjoying our first dinner (Indian take out) at our new apartment in Nyborg. This consisted of standing over the kitchen counter eating out of aluminum containers with plastic utensils (surely you can see the romance in that)! With the help of one of Nick's co-workers, Morten, we also test drove a few cars and are keen on one of the Volvo V40s we drove. Another highlight of the weekend was our drive up to the northern tip of the island to an area called Fynshoved. The route travels through quaint towns and scenic fields before ending at the sea. The three of us enjoyed a nice walk flanked by meadows with sheep and cows grazing on one side and the Kattegat sea on the other. The trip ended with a stop in the touristy town of Kerteminde for a danish pastry and coffee.  

After all the weekend fun, it was time to return back to work on Monday (well work for one of us, Heather is enjoying her bon-bon-eating-lifestyle right now!). Monday night, Nick, Heather and Nick's co-worker again checked out a few more cars, none as much as they liked the V40 though. After the test drives, we took Morten out for dinner at a small cafe with Mexican food (passable, especially if we're craving it) to thank him for helping us with this car buying process. Thus ends the first week...more next week.

This is the Volvo V40 we really like