Au-pair reunion - we made it happen!

William and I took the train from Linköping to Copenhagen where we met up with Irina and Maja who flew in from Münich. There we rented a car and drove down together to Nykøbing, Falster. Grit and Milo took a 6 hour bus ride from Berlin and Mette drove down with Sebastian and Nicoline from Copenhagen. So there we were, almost 10 years after our last get-together. My totally awesome friends! And now with their really cool kids!

 

We spent 4 nights together in a beautiful house on the Danish country side. We hung out, played, went to the beach, cooked and spent the evenings, after the kids were asleep, catching up over wine. These girls are great! Hanging out with them makes me so happy! And now they are all wonderful moms!

Now that I am back in Europe I hope to make this in to an annual get together. I also plan to visit each one of them. I love traveling in Europe, and William is a great travel partner!

Weekend visit to Copenhagen and Malmö

This post is very late. More than a month late. So I will be brief.

William and I took a trip down to see our friends Mette and Rene and their kids Sebastian and Nicoline in Copenhagen a weekend in March. Mette was my first friend in California, when I was there as an au-pair in 1998. Last time I saw Mette, seven years ago, she was pregnant with Sebastian. It was really cool to see her with her kids, and for them to get to meet William. I love visiting Mette and Rene. The atmosphere in their place is always so calm and welcoming. Breakfast is my favorite part, since they get fresh bread from the bakery for breakfast.

After our short visit in Copenhagen we met up with Chris in Malmö and stayed one night at a hotel. Chris had gone down to Malmö for a skate contest. We did all our travelling by train. I love being back in Europe and being able to use public transportation. It's so easy to take the train places, and William loves it too! Hoping to do a lot more of that in the future!

First time seeing turning torso :)

Au-pair reunion in the works

So looking forward to May 9th to 13th when we have our au-pair reunion in Denmark! In '98-'99, we were au-pairs in California and we've stayed in touch ever since. We've visited each other in Europe many times before I left for the US. Now, we all have kids. Actually, Irina, Grit and I had our first babies all within a 2 month period. Mette's kids are a bit older, 5 and 7. Grit and Milo visited us in Arkansas in 2010, but this will be the first time I see the other kids. This is also the first time all of us get together since 2003 or 2004, when we had our last reunion in Gothenburg. That time we included our boyfriends. This time it's just us mamas and kiddos. We've rented a house in Nykøbing/Falster, near the beach. It will be interesting to see how the kids communicate. One American-Swede, two Danes and two Germans.