A silent guest

Well, Kodakina's German exchange student has returned home. She took some good-bye photos of us and it was only later that I noticed I had quite an obvious smear of chocolate round my mouth.

She was rather a quiet visitor and I wonder how much her command of English will have been strenghthened by her sojourn with us. The group she travelled with went out partying most evenings, so they no doubt spoke amongst themselves all night in German. In the day they went sight-seeing in an all-German group. I should think they were exhausted. I'm sure she would have been better off playing Canasta with us.

And I never managed to cook a meal she liked.