Danish Lessons, Moving Plans, and Lottery Dreams April 14, 2023
Easter is behind us, and we're back to our Danish lessons with our wonderful teacher Dorte. It's such a joy to share the course with two young friends of ours who also dream of emigrating. The atmosphere is simply wonderful, and we're all learning with great enthusiasm. This shared motivation makes learning even more beautiful.
I get excited when I think about our upcoming trip to Denmark. Finally, we'll be able to view houses in person—another concrete step toward our dream.
We're really organized at this point: we've created different folders for everything related to buying a house, the move, and our fresh start in Denmark. We've also made a detailed checklist of all the tasks we still need to handle in Germany. You wouldn't believe how many details there are to consider!
However, selling Michael's parents' house continues to be challenging. The current real estate situation in Germany isn't exactly favorable—even price reductions don't seem to convince potential buyers. Of course, that's slowing us down a bit.
Recently, I had an amusing thought: what if I won the lottery? What if money suddenly didn't matter? I'd buy a house in Denmark right away, but interestingly, I'd leave everything here as it is for now. Sort of a trial run for our new life. It's a lovely thought—that luxury of just being able to try things out without immediately burning all your bridges. Well, one can dream...