In the process of preparing for the move, you're so busy and things are happening so fast and you don't really have the time to just stop & contemplate what is happening and how you feel about it. Or really, you do feel A LOT but it's as you push it away, as allowing you to feel your emotions kinda throws you off track a little and you loose focus. Maybe, if you stop and feel, then you'll start to doubt the decision made...
Now we are here in Europe. Safe and sound. We arrived on Sunday night with a toddler who happy as and whom had decided to stay awake the whole flight.The first night we slept at auntie Annelie's house and the morning after morfar came to pick us up. Noah recognised himself straight away at mormor and morfars' and ran to his toy box in the living room.
After a few days, we are now over the jet lag and feel "at home". The first day, we made the effort to drag our tired bodies to all the important governmental offices to register our arrival and interest in finding jobs. We have also familiarised us with other families with young children in the area and have been to both play group and "sing a long" for kids at the church. People are so far very welcoming and friendly. We have already been invited over for "fika" (a social institution in Sweden; it means having a break most often a coffee break with one's colleagues, friends, date etc.) to another family in a neighbouring town. So will we settle here - on the country side? Well, we are keeping it open - where ever we can find satisfying jobs, we will move. Most likely we will move in to Göteborg in a few months, as it's in the cities where most jobs are available. Saying that, the country side is beautiful and relaxing and almost as laid back as Australia ;-).
Finally...probably what most of you are wondering; Is it cold? Is there snow?! Answer: It's been varying from +2 to -3 so yes, it's cold. And yes, there was snow the other day but it melted away. And honestly, so far we find that it's not too bad. We get dressed and go for long walks and breathe in the fresh clean air. And Shawn awaits with excitement for the magic month of December with all the wonderful Christmas traditions.
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glad you guys made it safely! Can't wait to visit!
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