An Englishman on Bornholm

Bye Bye Office Hands

Getting into a bit of a routine working on the house now, and my hands are starting to pick up some tool induced callouses! We’ve been splitting our time between what will be our computer room upstairs and the guest rooms, though with only two weeks before our first guests to use the rooms, we really need to ensure they get priority. Besides, our removal van is not due for another week or so yet,…

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An Englishman on Bornholm

Unsmooth Roads

We had a bit of a minor panic the other day when we went to register myself for residency in Denmark, it seems things are not as straight forward as they were for Linda when she chose to stay in the UK. There is still an acceptance process to go through, and at first it looked like being married wasn’t enough of a reason on its own, however on second reading with the official we…

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An Englishman on Bornholm

A sneezy welcome

It’s our third full day on Bornholm and my hay fever is a little out of control. I’d assumed, wrongly, that the pollen her would not affect me as much being different, so hadn’t built up my immunity with tablets. So now I’m on daily tablets and nasal spray until I get things under control, but that only takes a few days usually, and it’s coming and going in waves. Been checking out a fair…

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An Englishman on Bornholm

The end of days

The end of days Well the time is fast approaching now when we will be leaving our home of the past 14 years. Exchange is set for Thursday with completion on Friday. Oddly so far I’ve not felt any pangs of sadness about leaving the house. I think maybe the fact that it is due for a refresh helps, it’s time for the house to get some new input from fresh perspectives whilst we take…

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