My mama was so impressed that on her return she said a phrase I cannot write word for word, but I will write a “nice” translation: “We would have to run to catch up with them and … we wouldn’t catch up!” And she added a “term”: 200 years will pass… and… She started a general clean!
I remember one of Mama’s gifts, chosen by her and paid for by the Danish son-in-law: sandals! How surprised she was when in a Danish magazine she saw the Queen in exactly the same sandals! What a coincidence of tastes!!! She was very touched by this gift. Our Danish son-in-law Jakob treats my mama with great respect, calling her affectionately BabUshka, putting the stress on the sound “u.” It comes out very funny.
I decided to stop at this episode. The thing is that these stories were written a little earlier and printed on my Facebook page. And it was a pleasant surprise for me that many read them with interest. Mama is now 91. She lives in Kiev, tries to be active and independent. She was very surprised when she read about herself; emotions overwhelmed her, and she asked me how I could remember about her what she herself had already begun to forget. How to explain it? I simply remember.