Goodbye Kanashima-san

Today was Kanashima-san’s last day, so we had a little party at lunchtime. We took her out to the English garden, where we sat on some wooden steps. One of Kanshima’s friends and her baby, Kishiki, were also there (they appeared last week as well), and she had brought some different kinds of bread: buttered baguettes, olive bread, fruit bread, cheesy bread, croissants. It was a nice little feast, though we had to skip our proper lunch for it. We also had a chocolate cake and a little champagne, though they did not last long at all. We took some photos, and we sang to her: Stand by Me. At the end we all signed one of the corks and gave it too her as a little momento.