Nothing Like a Dane

<p>The Danish concept of <strong><em>hygge</em></strong><em> </em>is a wonderful thing. Even if most fail miserably when they try to pronounce or explain its true essence. Unless you're a Viking of course. </p><p> </p><p>As Keri stood in the departure lounge of Auckland International Airport with her four-month-old baby searching for her flight on the board hygge wasn't on her radar. In hindsight she agrees it probably should have been.</p><p><br></p><p>But she'd never imagined a chance encounter with a Dane in a crowded bar in her home city of Wellington would lead her here a mother about to circle the globe with no knowledge of when she'd return home.</p><p><br></p><p>Eighteen thousand kilometres away a new life awaited her in Denmark. A country where babies sleep outside the word for bread is seemingly impossible to pronounce and a country in which immigration challenges abound.</p><p><br></p><p>A witty observer of cultural nuances Keri reveals the day-to-day realities of a New Zealander living her best life in Denmark. From integration interrogations to rye bread misdemeanors <strong><em>Nothing Like a Dane</em></strong> provides a humorous and heartfelt insight into creating a new life in a faraway land. </p><p> </p><p>And what did she learn? That it's not all hygge and pastries. Even in Denmark.</p><p> </p>