Afscheiden Going Away

What a absolutely amazing day and night. Today I had my going away party. On Thursday Max and I bought all the drinks and food for the party. We were able to buy the left over drink from Cathy who still had much left over. Then on Friday there were almost 40 people by the party. Lotte made an amazing card for me that was super large and on the inside everyone could write a short message for me, and on the front a great picture/painting. Everyone seemed to have a great time, I had the music playing with pictures from the entire year, some people brought drinks, gifts, or other food, Lisanne brought an apple pie (which we ate at the end when there were less people. What was also really nice was the weather was dry and everyone could also sit outside. In the end there was also not much to clean up and nothing was broken. What was a little funny was that during the party no one spilled their drink but then when Tineke was helping with putting away the left over one fell all over the floor!

I received so many beautiful gifts from everyone, as well as amazing letters and messages on the card and photo album. I really can't say how happy and sad I felt when reading them all. Im wearing the bracelet from Yentel and saving the Hollandbitter for when I get home. I do still need to play the boardgames (maybe with my mom). Thank you all so very much and I can't wait to come back!