Let's Visit Denmark!


This is a great book for any one who would like to learn about Denmark. Reading it does not mean you plan to visit there. If you never go, you would have explored the lives of people, the Danes, who are very happy. Helen Russell, the author of "The Year of Living Danishly:..," also shares her life with her husband. She calls him Lego Man. It is because he works for the Lego toy company in Denmark.

Although this is a very prosperous country, there are many contradictions. These differences can lead to laughter or just a feeling of 'how strange.' For example, the Danes are very jolly but there is a part of the population who take antidepressants. This surprised me. Also while Denmark is known as peaceable, there is this Denmark thing about passing a blow if you care to do so while out and about or among school friends. It is possible to get in a fight. Also, there are unhappy marriages. The reason given is because the parents prioritize the lives of their children. I suppose there is trouble balancing work, play and love no matter how much money you are paid.

Still, it is a fun read, a learning experience and it is wonderful to laugh with the author through her pregnancy. By the way, it takes three years and seven months to become a baker. I did not read much about the location itself: flowers, trees, birds or a tiny bit of information about the historical Vikings whom I only know about through my reading of Historical Romances.

Now, here is a bit of irony. The Danes do not stuff their faces every day with a Danish. They choose to have one maybe once a week. What else can I say? You must journey with this author for a year in Denmark, or is it more than a year? Also, is Ginger only a spice and a girl's name? Please read it, and don't forget to ask about the weather. The people in Denmark love to discuss the heat, the cold, whether to shovel your side and their side if they are going away and on and on and on. Oh, almost every person disappears during the month of July.

Toward the end I became ready to start for home before the author had finished writing the last page. However, I could not fault her for continuing longer than I thought necessary. She was full of happiness about the baby and Christmas and her mother's visit. Hope to meet this family again in another book. helenrussell.co.uk/books/the-year-of-living-danishly

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