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Hi dad, I made it to a new country! I'm really proud of myself (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 year ago by ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip to c/dadforaminute@lemmy.world

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I recently made it to a new country where I'm studying and hopefully will migrate to. It's been a while since I last talked here and things then were very difficult for me. Thank you for your support then I really needed it. It's still difficult to be honest but I've been doing so much better here. It took me years of seriously looking into and over a year of getting legal stuff lined up and doubling down on savings.

I've gone through a divorce and watching multiple good friendships dissolve over long distance. I've been fighting with bureaucracy every day, I don't have a phone plan or internet at my home yet because of it. Without a phone plan I can't connect to the internet to translate stuff or get directions anywhere when I'm away from the school wifi. I miss my cat but for now he's being fostered by really good people who love him.

But I'm here, I'm away from the US, I'm making it work every day. I already know a lot of basics about what I'm choosing to study here so I'm spending most of my effort early on building new relationships and helping other students learn. I'm project lead in our current assignment which isn't something I thought I'd like but I think I'm actually not bad at it. I'm really proud of what I'm doing in part because it's so difficult for me and I'm pulling it off.

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[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Congratulations! I'm right next door in Denmark. Speaking of food and expectations, I highly recommend trying some curry-pickled herring on dark rye bread served with hard boiled eggs on the side. I know how that sounds, but it's delicious and probably quite different from what you think.

Speaking of food and Sweden, if you're ever in need of some comedic relief, check out Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time. It's a classic. And hilarious.

Welcome to Scandinavia!

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hej hej granne! I'm hoping to visit Denmark during one of my breaks. When I was visiting the area last winter we planned on stopping by but ended up going to the Hague instead (for new years and it was unhinged in the best of ways)

Someone gave me some kind of pickled fish a bit ago it was great. I think I took them by surprise when I liked it seemed like they were trying to play a joke on the foreigner lol. Not sure what kind it was but I know it was not surströmming. I've really liked most the food here so far though could be a bit more seasoned and they have no idea what spicy food is. I'm trying to find a good hotsauce too but so far only been able to find what I'd describe as loud ketchup, might need to make my own

Okay that cooking channel is ridiculous and I love it. Gonna watch that after classes for sure

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 2 points 1 year ago

You're not wrong about the spices. It's a culinary travesty, I agree. Sure, there's good historical reasons for the local cuisine being the way it is, but these days there's no excuse. Fortunately, that's changing some in recent years.

Personally, I just turn to the Indian, Chinese or Mexican traditions if I want spicy -- which I generally do. Unfortunately, I'm in a household minority there.

Although... Now I wonder what Indian/Danish fusion food would even look like? Hmm. Or Danish/Mexican. You know, flæskesteg served with a Mole manchamantel replacing sauce brune and rice instead of boiled potatoes doesn't sound half bad.