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We’re in Paris. More about that later. For now, a quick post about reciprocity. As we left the Louvre, a guy was selling Eiffel Tower keychains and other souvenirs. I tried to steer the kids away, and told the guy that we weren’t going to buy any, but he saw how much Henry wanted aContinue reading “Reciprocity”

The bureaucratic system in the Netherlands is quite efficient. They asked for a lot of documents (including apostilles for everything, which was a huge headache), but they were pretty fast on their end. We got our residency cards on Tuesday, so we are legal to stay here for the next year! We did have aContinue reading “Legal Documents”

Sometimes habits and automatic technology features are good. They make things efficient, save on processing power. However, sometimes habits and technology cause problems when they don’t work right in a new setting. For example, suppose you have automatic lights on your car. That is very convenient. No need to turn them on and off. SavesContinue reading “Car troubles”

On Monday I had a great workshop visit at Radboud Universiteit (Nijmegen). Nijmegen is the oldest city in the Netherlands (Maastricht claims that it’s actually a little older, but either way, both cities are close to 2000 years old). I thought I would catch an early train in so that I could see a bitContinue reading “Nijmegen”

After visiting Odense, I took a train back to Copenhagen. There I got to see the church where my great-great-grandfather was christened, the church where his mother was buried, the Christus and 12 apostles statues in the Church of Our Lady, and the Copenhagen temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Overall,Continue reading “Copenhagen”

I had a great visit to the University of Southern Denmark last week. The night before I got shown around the city by Andreas Ostermaier. The day after the workshop I stayed and toured the Hans Christian Andersen museum and house. Lots of pictures below, but first my thoughts on the museum. Hans Christian AndersenContinue reading “Odense, Denmark”

When we arrived in the Netherlands, I started asking people what we should go see on the weekends. The number one answer was Efteling. A random stranger even told us about it on the train from the airport our first day here! When we asked, “What is Efteling?” we were told, “Disneyland, but better.” ThatContinue reading “Efteling”

I made it to Denmark! On the train to Odense to present at the University of Southern Denmark. I’m very grateful for Andreas Ostermaier and the faculty at USD for inviting me. Not a great picture from the train, but the views are great! I’m going to stay an extra day after the workshop toContinue reading “University of Southern Denmark”

I’m heading to Denmark for a workshop at the University of Southern Denmark. I hopped on my bike at 6:35am to head to the train station. Train to Breda, then Brussels, then flight to Copenhagen and then train to Odense. I didn’t think about how difficult it would be to balance a suitcase on myContinue reading “Off to Denmark / Series of Unfortunate Events”

Nice morning for a bike ride. Too bad it’s supposed to be raining this afternoon. So, bike to the train station and take the train the rest of the way.