If this wasn’t hard enough, we have to learn a new calendar

As our American readers know, almost any trip abroad requires calibrating to a different system of measurement. We anticipate marking distance by kilometers rather than miles, using Celcius rather than Fahrenheit for temperature, and paying for things with kroner rather than dollars. By now, I can do the conversion pretty fast: multiply kilometers by 0.6, […]

We’re all excited about Annalise’s new barnehage

Our first choice for Annalise’s barnehage (Norwegian for kindergarten, or day care; Norwegians don’t start real school until first grade) was her old barnehage (which you can read about here, here, and here). She still has some friends there that she misses, so that would have eased reentry. Unfortunately, they didn’t have a slot, so […]

Self-inflicted wounds made our flight terrible

To nobody’s surprise, our flight experience was terrible, but it was (mostly) our own fault. We flew out of Dulles on an evening red-eye on KLM. Before flying, we had a day to burn. The morning was getting the house in a finished state while Annalise swam in a hotel pool, and then we drove […]

Moving across an ocean is hard

Moving is terrible. When we moved into our Annapolis house in 2022, we thought we were done with moving. We were ready to calcify right where we were. Of course, life had a different plan. Moving across an ocean is a very different thing from any move we’ve done before. First, we have lots of […]