Farewell...

Saying goodbye is always the hardest. We have been surrounded by so many supportive people. The past three years, we have built friendships that make it extremely hard to say goodbye. We know we will see many of them in the future, but for others, there is no certainty.

Ryan's office hosted a very nice party in order to say farewell, and wish us luck on our next assignment. We also had a dinner hosted by the other Chevron families to celebrate our time together.

The incredible cake. It is of a scuba diver (Ryan), with the pipeline running around the cake.
The top translates to "bon voyage" 

Ryan with his grill set, a gift from the office. 

Our drivers for the past three years, Vitaly and Sergey.
The gave us a model car to remind us of them. 

Ryan's final moments at his desk. 

A picture of the tank farm construction, and the new buoy that was added off shore.

Before our farewell dinner with the Chevron families. 

We could not leave without a farewell cork launching out the balcony window.
The Didier's taught us this tradition. 

Farewell toast.
The Didier's found a box of Oreos for sale at the nearby grocery store.
Only appropriate they would finally start selling Oreos the week we leave. 

We said farewell to all our stuff today. The moving company finished packing. 

It was also farewell to Macy, today.
See you in America, sweet girl. 

I do not think it has fully hit, all the changes that are happening to us this week. We seem to be so busy with everything, and our minds are on overload. We have said goodbye to so many wonderful people. It is difficult to be so excited for the next adventure, but sad to see the current adventure end. Tonight is our last night in our apartment, tomorrow we fly to Moscow. My countdown started about 5 weeks ago, and I was so excited for this day to come, now that it is here, it seems unreal. Tomorrow we leave.