TBD With Käri

After a trip to Hamlet’s Helsingør, Käri considers how our surrounding people and places shape us, drawing on the “you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with” theory to explore the world of Hamlet, and our own.

With her job search yielding no success so far, Käri begins to consider that her door to a permanent stay in Denmark may be closing for now. She then shares three ways to finish the phrase “When one door closes…” drawing on expressions from English, Italian, and Spanish.

Käri recounts eating a “viking club,” singing songs she didn’t understand, and gathering around a huge harbour bonfire beneath a sun hesitant to set.

After her first month in Denmark, Käri has determined that the Danes have just two main weather rules.

Rule 1: Never pause for adverse weather.

Rule 2: Always pivot for sunshine.

Apparently, ‘hygge’ isn’t confined to the winter season. Käri reflects on summer hygge in Denmark so far. :)

Käri shares 3 Danish discoveries this week that made her stop and ask, “Wait, what?” They involve numbers, names, and pastries. She explains how the number system seems to require arithmetic, Curious George isn’t Curious George, and “danishes” are called something else in Denmark.

Käri explores the contrasting worldviews of two iconic figures tied to Odense, Denmark: the Norse god Odin and the storyteller Hans Christian Andersen.

Käri talks about what life on an eco farm has been like so far, along with some of the fun German phrases and traditions she’s been learning from new friends.

Newly arrived in Denmark, Käri shares some stories and first impressions from her first week.

Days before leaving for Denmark—with no job yet lined up, and SO much still TBD—Käri talks about resisting the urge to package life into neat conclusions before sharing about it.