Adventures in Aarhus: Bon Voyage Ilene!

Yesterday was a sad (but also happy) day as Ilene finally left to return to the U.S. Sad because she's leaving us (we could not have survived the first month here in Aarhus without her!) but happy because she's returning to her family, her grandchildren, and her life in Colorado.

She arrived Friday night from her most recent trip through Norway! She had the time of her life on this trip, especially when visiting a farm that was built by her great-grandfather. The last travel day back to Aarhus, however, was a stressful one since she spent the whole day thinking she had lost her bag containing her travel diary and photos of her great-grandfather's farm! Somehow the bag got misplaced at the Stockholm train station and Ilene didn't notice it was missing until later in the day. Fortunately a kind soul, by the name of Anna Csentey, found the bag, picked it up, tried to leave it at "Lost & Found" (which was closed), took it instead with her to work, and then using the contact information in Ilene's diary called Leysia and me here in Aarhus! We arranged with Anna to ship the bag to Aarhus and we will forward it to Ilene in the U.S. when it arrives. Words can't express how happy Ilene was to learn that the bag had been found!

Below are some pictures of Ilene during our trip, especially her 'Bon Voyage' photos for her trip to Italy, her trip to Norway, and, finally, her trip home.

We will miss you Ilene, or as Lilja says it "I-LEAN", but we'll see you soon! Thanks for being a part of our trip to Denmark.

Ken

Ilene in Copenhagen with a friend of her son's fiancé