{"id":191,"date":"2011-10-19T10:18:41","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T10:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=191"},"modified":"2011-10-19T10:18:41","modified_gmt":"2011-10-19T10:18:41","slug":"a-canadian-in-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2011\/10\/19\/a-canadian-in-denmark\/","title":{"rendered":"A Canadian in Denmark"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jennifer is a Canadian, but has chosen Denmark as her new home country.<\/p><\/div>\n

Hello Jennifer! You\u2019re from Canada, right?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hi! Yes, that\u2019s right. I\u2019m from Calgary, Alberta.<\/p>\n

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Wow, that is a long way to travel! What brought a Canadian like you to Denmark?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, I married to a Dane, that\u2019s why. I met him fourteen years ago. Since then we\u2019ve been travelling a lot, but our home base, you could say, is here in Denmark. We settled down here a year and a half ago.<\/p>\n

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Where do you live?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a small town called Knebel. There\u2019s about 640 people.<\/p>\n

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Quite another thing than Calgary, I presume!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, coming from a town of over a million to something about 600 is quite a change. But it\u2019s a very quiet town and there\u2019s a lot of families in the area, and it has many facilities. It\u2019s very close to the national park called Mols Mountains [Mols Bjerge] \u2013 which are not really mountains, but Danes call them mountains!<\/p>\n

(She chuckles.)<\/p>\n

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Had you been to Denmark before moving here, or was it all new to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I knew very little about Denmark actually, before I met my husband. I think the only thing I knew about Denmark was \u2013 like many people \u2013 the Little Mermaid and H.C. Andersen. So I was pleasantly surprised! It\u2019s a beautiful country, the landscape is nice, but I knew very little about Denmark before I came here. And many people actually confuse Denmark with Holland! They\u2019re quite similar in topography, so many people, when they meet my husband, they\u2019ll ask him: Do you speak Dutch?<\/p>\n

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Do you speak Danish?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, I do. A little bit. I can get by with my Danish, but of course pronunciation is very difficult for foreigners.<\/p>\n

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How long time did you spend studying Danish?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In total I would say 6 months. 3 months when I met my husband, 3 months about a year and a half ago.<\/p>\n

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OK, I cheated: I actually heard you speaking Danish before. And you did it really well!<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think for people who speak English as their native language Danish is much easier to learn than for people who speak other languages. So that\u2019s one thing. I guess also my Danish improved quite a bit after we had our son. Because then we spoke Danish at home. Otherwise my husband and I usually speak English together. So I think that\u2019s why my Danish has also approved a lot over the past seven years!<\/p>\n

(She laughs.)<\/p>\n

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Stay tuned for the next part of this interview with Jennifer!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Hello Jennifer! You\u2019re from Canada, right? Hi! Yes, that\u2019s right. I\u2019m from Calgary, Alberta.   Wow, that is a long way to travel! What brought a Canadian like you to Denmark? Well, I married to a Dane, that\u2019s why. I met him fourteen years ago. Since then we\u2019ve been travelling a lot, but our home…<\/p>\n

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