Saying Goodbye

Saying goodbye is hard to do. I cannot believe the end is already here. It's weird to have such mixed emotions. I am so very excited to go home and yet I am incredibly sad to leave Denmark. I have had such an amazing experience. I've loved it all, the people, the food, the environment, it's all so wonderful. I definitely feel like I have learned a lot about life and myself. And I am so grateful for that. In a few short hours I will be on my way home. It still seems somewhat surreal. Just like saying goodbye is hard to do, trying to finish this post is hard. So I will say goodbye to all my lovely friends in Denmark, I will miss you and try to visit when I can. Love you!

Julepynt

As per tradition, on December 1 we all went over to Klaus' mom's house to make Christmas decorations. It is such a cute, fun thing. The women go in a room and work on the decorations all day. The men make food and, if there are children that do not want to or cannot make decorations, they take care of them. We had a delicious traditional jul frokost, Christmas lunch, and then tea and cakes and then dinner. It was all very good food. I took a lot of pictures of our decoration experience, which was so fun. I think I might have to do this tradition from now on... =) We used clay and things we found in nature. His mom does this for a living so she had a ton of stuff!

Advent candles - you light one on the first Sunday of December, then two on the second and so forth.

From left to right - Emma, Klaus' mom Ingrid, the former aupair Aylin, Nicoleta, Victoria, and me =)

Starting the candle