The gathering was at the home of Willy’s sister, Bente, and her husband, Mogens. We enjoyed meeting them when we were in Denmark before. We were pleasantly pleased to know that their brother, Ejvind and his wife, Ellinor, who normally lived in Mexico were here for a visit and would be joining us. So nice to get a chance to also meet them. We were also really happy that later on Bente and Mogen’s daughter, Helena, arrived introducing us to her fiancé, Jakob. They recently became engaged, as well as Helena graduated so there were lots of things to celebrate.
What has become a tradition for these visits is to pull out the family photo albums. We were especially interested in the photos from nearly one hundred years ago of the family on the family farm in Jutland.
It was really a delightful afternoon with lots of wonderful food and great conversations getting a chance to talk about our travels, other people’s travels, life in Denmark, life in Mexico. Gathering with family, especially family that are such interesting people is such a wonderful opportunity. All too quickly, the afternoon passed and it was time to say goodbyes. To say goodbye in Denmark begins in the living room, and moves to the kitchen, and into the hallway, into the doorway, and sometimes out to the car, and it’s important to keep waving in case the people us are driving away are looking for you. Saying goodbye takes a long time. It was a lovely, lovely time.
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