The Second Post is really the First

It took a lot of physical labour, but we had the house, garage and yard ready without a hitch: unless, of course, you consider a punctured gas line in the backyard or a blown head gasket in the Volvo a "hitch". We had SO much help from friends, it was incredible! Thank you all for that.
The Edmonton/Vancouver/Houston/Munich/Copenhagen flight was enjoyable and lots of fun. Tom was puking on the Vancouver leg and then walking through all the airports with a barf bag held to his mouth as we hustled from security to gate. Mette spent the 8h Houston/Munich leg in an outraged huff because all the 3-seat empty sections were taken by other travellers before we could grab them: but they didn't follow the rules and sit in their own seats until the plane took off! Damn them all to hell! We lost one of our large bags but that actually wasn't a bad thing. We JUST managed to squeeze everyone into our Audi rental (what a nice car) with kids sitting on suitcases and Mette with her feet up on the dash and a bag on the front floor. We would not have been able to take the lost bag with us.

Our house in Niva (pronounced Nivo because the "a" has a dot above it) is in a great location near the harbour and a forest with mountain biking trails. Yes, mountain biking trails.  I haven't been on the trails yet, but I guess there is some elevation changes. The house has enough furniture to ensure that we don't have have to drop thousands on couches and tables etc. Here's the best part: we arrived in time for a little street party where we met everyone and now we have friends in the hood. We live in a little triangular plot of land with 18 houses on it and they plan a summer party every year (in the summer!). A tent was set up in the driveway right next to our house and we had lots of laughs and a bit of alcohol. Or was it a bit of laughs and a lot of alcohol? I can't remember.

Well, I don't want to make the posts too long and boring, so I'll discuss some other topics later. Today is Steen's first day of school! Tom has already played hockey a couple of times and we are on the intense hunt for a car. Sounds pretty mundane, but not in DK!!!