Till We Meet Again party

So here we are, just about at the end of our stay in Alohaland, and today our dear friends threw a going away party for us, which we called a "Till We Meet Again party".

Well, we spent the morning packing and sorting out all the stuff we have here - brought and accumulated. There'll be some heavy suitcases at departure!

And then the party. Tiziano and I had prepared a song, to the tune of Leaving on a Jet Plane, which I like and so I'll copy it here ...
 
All our bags are packed
It’s time to go
It’s hard to leave but before we do
We want to tell you how much you mean to us
Cos you opened your doors
And welcomed us in
A real Ohana
You made us your kin
With friendships that’ll last our whole lives long
 
So our hearts are full of gratitude
Our Mahalo is not a platitude
You’ve given us so much that we could cry
Cos we’re leaving on a jet plane
Not sure when we’ll be back again
Oh friends, we’re sorry to go
 
There’s so many things we’ve done with you
So many more to share here too
But the future is not ours to understand
In the meantime all we want to say
Is thank you for the many ways
You’ve shown us love and Aloha every day
 
Yes our hearts are full of gratitude
And Mahalo is not a platitude
You’ve given us so much that we could cry
Cos we’re leaving on a jet plane
We know that we’ll be back again
Oh friends, we’ll miss you so.
 
Yes we’re leaving on a jet plane
Oh we know that we’ll be back again
Dear friends, we’ll miss you so.
 
It was a fun party. John had prepared loads of food, of course, and people had brought even more. 18 of us all in all - drinks, food, and then music. With four great guitarists (and one amateur ukulele player ha ha) the music was great. So many wonderful people!!