Back to Denmark

We're back from our summer vacation and ready to resume our updates. We had a nice trip back to the US to visit our families, see some old friends, and buy stuff. Thank you to everyone who hosted us and who took the time to visit. It's impossible to see everyone on a two week tour but we gave it a shot, making the trip from our arrival in Newark to Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania, about 1250 miles of driving in all. It was great to see everyone and also exciting to share our news that we're expecting a baby sometime around the first of February! We have lots of preparing to do, but we got lots of good ideas on our trip and will be getting ready for the new arrival.

The weather on our trip was sunny and warm the whole time - a real summer after what we had here in Denmark the last few months. On our return to Copenhagen we were greeted by a downpour and dropped into what felt like late autumn chill, wind, and rain. The rain let up and left us with crisp autumn days which would be nice were it not September with much more autumn and winter to come. I overheard someone on the plane from southern Sweden say that this year's summer was autumn and autumn will be winter. I shudder (shiver?) to think what winter will be...

In other news, we took a long overdue trip to the dentist on Thursday, our first dental visit in Denmark. Good news - no cavities! Unlike medical care, dental care is only partially covered by the national health care system. We paid two-thirds of the cost, making the price for cleaning, deep cleaning, and x-rays about $90. We were pleasantly surprised by both the price and the facilities. We'll go back in 6 months and do it all again.

Last night we met a friend from Houston who has moved to Denmark to work. It was nice to see another familiar face and catch up on things. We had dinner at a cafe nearby, but it was too cold to sit outside.