From Dublin to Bodø: falling in love with a country
Episode 38 · 1h 11min
Anaïs planned to spend three months in Ireland. She stayed for thirteen years.
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In this conversation
Years later, a relationship takes her to Bodø in northern Norway. When it ends, Anaïs returns to Ireland for a while. But she soon realises something: Norway was no longer just about a person. She had fallen in love with the country.
She returns to Bodø on her own and begins to build a new life there.
When we record this conversation, Anaïs lives near Oslo with her family and works with children at a Norwegian school. Together, we explore what settling in really means: learning the language, understanding unfamiliar social codes, rethinking what feels normal, and sometimes setting aside habits we brought with us.
Topics in this episode
Couples & family · Moving & settling in · Language & cultures