Farewell to Bern
Posted by Kristen on Aug 10, 2012 in Family Fun, Foreign Service, Friendship, Switzerland | 0 commentsAs you can see I am backtracking big time but we would miss so many special memories if I just jump in now! So enjoy…or bear with me, whatever the case may be
The Friday before we left Bern Seth’s coworkers hosted a farewell party for him. I didn’t get many pictures as I was chasing boys on the lawn of the Embassy but it was a neat time to see Seth’s coworkers appreciate him and thank him for his work. This was his first position managing local staff and it was neat to see him grow in his managerial skills. It was evident at his farewell that he was well respected and will be missed.
The Saturday before we left Bern our friends threw us a wonderful farewell party along the river. Our friend Daniela booked a place with a big outdoor grill, playground, awnings for shade and of course the river! It was beautiful and so many special friends came to wish us well. We felt so so blessed and overwhelmed once again to see how God provided friends for us in yet another home. We have so many wonderful memories, pictures and extra pounds (for me) that we will cherish forever…well not the extra pounds, those will be gone soon but the memories of Switzerland will be cherished. Just like anywhere we have lived there were good days and bad, things we loved and things we never quite got used to. I could go way deeper into all of this but I am so crunched on time so without further ado here are some pictures!
Bitter sweet for sure!! As we left Bern we were so anxious to be back stateside but so sad to say farewell. I am sure we will be processing all of the farewells for months to come!
Two days after our farewell we loaded up and flew back to Washington, DC….