Thinks I Love About Denmark

Now isn’t that a title to get people yawning, groaning and yammering about as they anticipate a long list of likes? Never fear that is not the sort of thing I want to write about this morning but rather about the simple picturesque life that was Denmark. My family “over there” tells me that Lille Danmark is gone, what they have now is both richer but also in some ways more depressing and fraught with angst as much of Europe has been over these last 10 years.

But in some ways Denmark will never change because the people have such an ingrained sense of self which has not dissipated in millennia so why should it now?

We love marzipan and consumed tons of it (literally) during the month of December; we love our flag and our proud to know that it is the oldest national flag in the world; we love hygge, jul and hearts. We love our families, our friends and even the tourists. Snaps, herring, ale, bakeries and flowers. Really, we are a simple people with simple desires and that is why we are the happiest people on earth. We don’t want to be millionaires or own 1,000 pairs of shoes; we don’t need Coach purses or Gucci watches. We want a work-life balance that lets us hygge with family and LIVE, LIVE, LIVE until we die.

Here’s a little toast to my home country!  Skol, skipper, smidt flipper!