The Move: Mental Preparation
We are anticipating being moved to Kongsberg, Norway (Norge) by May ‘09. We then hope to be in Oslo by the end of summer 2009. Its a big move, and all this has me trying to mentally prepare for the inevidable culture shock. The language is really the biggest barrier that I feel. I have plenty of books, cd’s on the Norsk language and I even have my own teacher (my husband, Tor-Inge), However I still am worried that my 15 month old daughter will be fluent in it before I can even speak it.
I don’t think cramming the language will work for me. I think for me it is going to take complete submersion in the Norsk language. We shall see.
I am married to a Norwegian and we have a daughter together who is 2 year old as I write this, she is half Norsk half American.
We have moved from Texas to Norway in the spring of 2009. I've been here many times and love it here, I look forward to living here, but a permanent move is still daunting to me. So much is different and I have a whole new culture and language to conquer.
