Happy Mardi Gras!

So today is Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday). I really wonder what it is like today, and what it has been like for the past couple of weeks in New Orleans. It must be so sad there, without all the street parties and celebrations that the people of New Orleans have become accustomed to. I'm sure they still "celebrated", but I just can't imagine that it even came close to being the same. Will it ever be the same again?

As I am sitting here, in Copenhagen, it is cloudy and dreary outside. It was snowing pretty hard earlier this morning, but it has slowed down to just a few flurries now. It's really cold, so I'm procrastinating on going out to the grocery store. I miss the sunshine, but it will be here again soon.

The winter has actually been pretty easy here. From the beginning of November until the end of December, it's "Christmas in Denmark". There are lights everywhere, festivals, Christmas Markets, Tivoli is open, and just "Hygge" (Danish word for coziness). January and February are tough though, because all the Christmas lights are gone, festivals, etc..., and we are left with very short, cold, dreary days.

So, the spring and summer months are certainly anticipated by the Danes, and even more so by the expats living in Denmark. Everyone might think of England as always being rainy and cloudy, but if I remember correctly, the sun shined more in England than in Denmark. We shall see what March has in store for us!

My first blog entry

This is my first blog entry. Today marks the 1 year anniversary of my move to Europe. I lived in England for 6 months, and have been in Denmark since August. England was amazing. Jamey and I have traveled so much since we have been over here. We visited Paris, Venice, Amsterdam, Olde (Germany), several cities in England such as Reading (where we lived), London, York, Bath, just to name a few. We visited Zell and Vienna, both in Austria, Prague, Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia. We just recently visited Oslo, Norway for some skiing to celebrate my birthday. We have visited several towns in Denmark (We live in Copenhagen, Jamey works in Hillerod). We visited Ireland, and Scotland also. In addition to Olde, I also visited Berlin, Germany. Jamey has also been to Poland, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. We still have lots of traveling ahead of us!

Today was such a beautiful day in Copenhagen. After so many rainy, cloudy, dreary days, it was really nice to see the sun. We had a pretty low key weekend. We spent a lot of time inside, actually, making plans for the future. Anyway, I won't write much for now. Just trying out the whole blog thing.