The One Number to Rule Them All

Yeah that's right. I'm now a resident applicant in the country of Denmark! My CPR number has come through after 6 months in the country. Now I will start language lessons and regain my driver's licence. Another interesting aspect is that the government assigns you a family doctor so you are registered with one in your community. What else do you need a CPR number for? 
How about:
Buying a car, getting a bank account, job, library card, medical attention, cell phone, internet, insurance, driver's licence, or even automatic weapons for public meetings.

Awesome sunrise over the Øresund on the ride to school one day.

Winter is pretty much over. It is not warm, but the snow has all disappeared and some little flowers are sprouting in the forest. My spirit has absolutely lifted with the change in weather - actually, we had a reasonable amount of sunshine in Jan and that seemed to turn things around. In the spirit of morbid curiosity, too much data available and too much time, a Copenhagen December is cloudy for 91% of the daylight hours working out to an average of 36 minutes per day of sunshine in that month. Seriously, if I had to make some sort of jailhouse alcohol from pencil sharpener shavings to get through this month, I would.

If flowers could fight, I'd like to see a matchup with a prairie crocus and one of these yellow brutes.

We have just finished a week off from school (Winter Holiday). We could not afford to travel anywhere even though it is pretty cheap to fly in Europe. For the price of a single Edm-Winnipeg round trip ($550), you could fly the entire family to Rome, Barcelona, Lisbon or a number of other destinations that do not have outdoor rinks. Unfortunately, you can either have money or time - not both... (unless, of course, you are a drug dealer or a Danish school teacher).

Today is "Fastelaven" which is kind of a Halloween event that is somehow related to Mardi Gras (Lent). Kids dress up in costumes and go door to door for candies or money. I got mixed up and had them show me their boobs for necklaces. I doubt that I'll make that mistake again!

Fastelaven Boller (buns) with a creme filling and very tasty.

Postscript to the Post from 0807612442:

This will be the first of a new energetic effort to file more frequent posts. Please subscribe or follow Mette's Facebook page. Maybe things will start happening now that I have the NUMBER!!