A very successfull day!

Today was a BIG day.  I made chili for everyone in the archive.  Then we had Stefan's goodbye party.  There were 2 kinds of cakes, blueberry and gooseberry/mandarin orange cake.  They made a vanilla cream and folded a lot of whipped cream into it and then added the fruit jam and served it with a white cake and topped with a picture made from marshmallow and surrounded with more whipped cream.  By the way - my pot of chili fed all 20 people at community lunch with seconds and thirds for many.  Above is me at the top and next to me is Anni and then Mona.  They have been very good friends to us during our stay here.  Anni is my age and the person that does all of the restoration on the books for us.

Stefan is holding the sword and Bo is talking.  They were trying to pop the cork off of champagne bottles with the sword.

Mikkel and Stefan changed places and Mikkel tried to knock the cork off.  All that happened was the champagne got so shaken up - it created a big fountain when they did get it off (by hand).  Clyde and I had sparkling water along with one other young lady.  Jeppe didn't even ask her if what is what she wanted - he just presented a glass to her.  Kristian was there (our old archive boss) and accepted a glass of champagne and then changed his mind to 'Dansk Vand' (sparkling water).

My dear friend Elisabeth.  She has truly been like a sister while we have been here.  I will really miss her.  In the front corner is Ulla - one of the volunteers that works in the archive.

Clyde calls this 3 women in profile.  I am going to miss these people.

Mads being Mads.  He the guy in the blue shirt with his thumbs up.  Clyde and Helge are in the background to the left and Cardston is sitting next to Mads with his ever present camera.

Stefan listening to a tribute to him.  He really has been a sweetheart to work with.  Lars is in the white and blue striped jacket and Pernille is next to him.  Mads fixed Pernille's hair so that it looked like Princess Leia's from Star Wars (the theme of the party).

Mads on the far left as Stefan thanks Kristian for a tie for work.  Stefan has to wear collared shirts and a tie at his new office.  He can wear jeans as long as the pressed and creased.  Ulla is in the front left and our dear Jeppe is in the back on the far right.

On the way home our bus was taking forever to get down our street.  There had a been an accident with 1 car catching on fire.  There were 2 fire engines, 3 ambulance and a multitude of police officers.  We got off a stop early and were glad we did.  Heaven only knows how long it would have taken to get home if we hadn't.  Even then we were 20 minutes later than usual.  It has been a good day and I am tired.