saying goodbye

Last week has been full of saying 'goodbye' but also saying 'hello'. First I said goodbye at one of our company events in Vienna, Austria. My boss had the song 'You are simply the best' by Tina Turner played and I had to go up on stage where 600 guests were sitting up on front. When I started walking from the back towards the stage and the song was playing I was already starting to cry. As you can see..

My boss then talked about me and my job I did and told them I was moving to Sweden and then I got standing ovations. Man, what a feeling. I think I want to become a star now.

After that my trainee, Esra, came and hugged me - what a cutie. I will really miss her.

On Wednesday I had my farewell at work - as you can see, the theme is: Sweden. I had my friend Evelina send me Swedish flags and my other friend IKEA made some good food.

My boss gave a little speech. He is really the greatest boss I have ever had. Not because of the things he said about me but because of how much I have learned from and with him and because of how much I have grown within the past two years.

They gave me a DVD with a compliation of pictures from several company events I attended. It was really special.

Afterwards I explained the Swedish food and how you eat it. Oh, how I love the Swedish food.

My colleagues also gave me a little treasure box with all kinds of nice things in it.

And a book where each department had written something in. Made me cry again!

Afterwards we did what we are best at - being silly and having a good time!

Friday I left for Stockholm to spend the weekend with Evelina, Mikael, Viktor and my cousin Ami. My three favourite colleagues waved goodbye!It feels good to say goodbye and hello to a new life. But it is still weird. No work but other challenges. But life is great.