A new life

As I have written in my post "Luxembourg", I lived for over 15 years in Luxembourg, a time I will never forget and always cherish beyond anything!

But during summer of 2009, my family experienced some major changes!
My dad who has always worked very hard and earned really high ranks within the financial sector, suddenly got back stabbed by a friend and colleague, who told lies and spread cruel rumors about my dad to the big bosses, just because of his jealousy and eagerness to have my dad's job and position within the sector...
Anyway, it all come out of the blue for all of us, and of course especially my dad, who then had no where to go! Then our "foreigners" and "lightly outcast-like" status really kicked in, because my dad had neither the right friend network or the linguistic skills, required to work in a multilingual country.
He had always been able to rely on his advanced Danish and English lingual skills, but there German and French played and still plays a essential role in both social as well as professional aspects!
Sooo... One day, my little sister and I were told to sit down and were explained that we were forced to move to Denmark before the end of the year!
Big shocker!
So many things immediately popped up in my head- "OMG!" (of course :P), "Yay I can live close to my family and see them more often", "Weird to be able to talk Danish in public, as opposed to only at home"...
But one of the things that we all thought of the most was the fact that this was a HUGE change for all of us, but mainly for me and my sister! My parents hadn't lived and been involved in Danish economy and politics for over 20 years in Luxembourg, but my sister and I have only been to Denmark on family visits and holidays!! Never lived there, never experienced the school system, knew no-one except from family and were missing insight in how people interact, socialize among each other, what interests, sports, music, movies... were dominant!
From the time we were bombarded with these big news, we all prepared ourselves in different ways for the big moment where we would leave life as we knew it and start a whole new chapter, identity and life! (More about my personal preparation in the post "Anorexia")
The day (or actually more night) came on the 20th-21st of December 2009. The house was sold to some rich guy, our furnitures were all stored in a giant warehouse somewhere in Jutland, and the whole family now slowly drove off, two dogs in the back, two young girls of 13 and 15 on the back seat and mom and dad in front... Family gathered in a car, with some clothes and the most vital personal belongings, but nothing else! No idea of what will happen next and what the future has in hold for us!
But at the same time we were all feeling both thrilled and excited, and (especially for me) also sad, anxious and unsure of what would happen next!
Luckily my grandparents would lend us their leisure house for as long as we needed, for we didn't expect it to be that long... Just until we found our own place, near the capital (and civilization) :P
So the travel from our temporary home to the capital where we went to school, worked out and did the necessary shopping, wouldn't be a problem, because it wouldn't be a long-term thing...
Little did we know that we ended up living there for over 1,5 years...
With our belongings, furnitures, rest of the clothes and especially a feeling of home missing!
And with this unexpected start to a new life, came many problems...
From living pretty much illegal in a leisure house, to unemployment, to fear for Pyromania (we had already lost the garage and shed!), freezing temperatures, constant dropping economy, immense time-waste on transport, huge reliability on everyone, no options for privacy... Problems kept piling in which led to more discussions, fights, arguments, psychological problems...
These constant setbacks and a generally terrible and unfortunate move really knocked down everyone's enthusiasm and confidence...
So yeah one tough start!!!

But, but, but!
Other aspects of the move also need mentioning!
-The change of weather and climate- from steady wind, southern European temperatures and quite massive thunderstorms in Luxembourg to windy, cooler and more calm circumstances in Denmark.
-The massive difference in the school system- From fear, authority, respect and true seriosity in Luxembourg to no respect, a less serious view on education and more familiar relationships among student and teacher.
-The more independence
-The more drinking

More to come!