An Abode in Norwich + Tidbits
Good news from the estate agent yesterday - we got the apartment. Yay! Now that we know we've got a home to move to, we can make all our other plans. Details and photos to follow soon...

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Watching the Olympics in countries that aren't the U.S. has been interesting. The U.S. media focuses completely on U.S. athletes, which is natural, but we sort of forget that their are a lot of other countries competing. The Danish and English (via the BBC) people have such different expectations than what we're used to in the U.S. Our American belief that we can win (and should win) is so ingrained in me that I am continually surprised by the attitude of these other countries. The BBC announcers are thrilled when one of the U.K. athletes even gets close to winning a medal. It is clear by their comments that they automatically assume they won't win and if they do manage to come in with a bronze medal it is all due to luck. This morning we saw on the news that the U.K. won its first gold medal and the U.S. has something like 16 so far. We haven't seen a Belgian in competition yet.

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The cleaning and sorting has begun. For two people who only had 4 suitcases worth of stuff less than a year ago, we have managed to accumulate a lot more. The huge box of Danish wedding presents has really added some weight to our household goods. I have a feeling that this will be the last move we make without the assistance of professionals.

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I want to learn Swedish and cultivate orchids.

~K

(More entries from the Denmark trip have been added below.)