Our last full day...

It's a bittersweet day at Sjölunden today. It's the last full day of the 2 and 4 week sessions. I cannot believe how fast these last 2 weeks have gone. It's feels like I just wrote the blog about the older villagers arriving. This morning I sat with all of the 2-weekers while they took a few minutes to write down their reflections about the session. We did this exercise on their 2nd day at the village too. But today it was particularly beautiful. The sun was shining and we listened to Swedish jazz music while we wrote down our thoughts on the goals we set 2 weeks ago, and what we have accomplished this session. I encourage all parents to ask their villagers about what they wrote in their CLVisa's today.

The bell has just rung for our last lunch together. Tonight we will enjoy a banquet. Our 4-week credit students will enjoy the chance to celebrate their accomplishements. Sjölunden is the only place in North America where young people can earn high school credit for studying Swedish. Our 37 students have done a wonderful job using Swedish day in and day out. This morning they made 'studentmössar', the Swedish graduation hats. You'll be able to see pictures of these hats on our website tomorrow.

Wish us well tonight as we dance at the disco, and then watch a slide show of the session. We are all experiencing the excitement of getting to see our families and friends again, but also the sadness of having to leave this very special place. But as we like to tell the kids, we don't say 'hej då', but rather 'vi ses', because we will see each other again before too long!
Vi ses!
Magda