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A Dane in Little Italy

Old Ways: Staying Danish

First we would like to thank you all for the lovely time we spent together with you people. The warmth and great hospitality you showed us, that we will never forget. Also the lovely party you had, that is really something to look back at . . . . Once more thank you for making our vacation such a joyful event, we felt that we had not been away for such a long time, just felt at home right away.

Johnny and Marie Sorenson to Chris and Connie Bennedsen and Carmela Colangelo, October 5, 1984.
(CMC, Christian Bennedsen Collection, Correspondence series, Box P-28, 5th group

Marie Sorenson and Chris Bennedsen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1993.
(Private Collection)

Old Ways: Staying Danish

Many years have passed since we shared a childhood that formed our lives. I'm sure we both often think of that time, while we're growing old. A few years that take up a lot of space within us, followed by many years that don't need much space. I feel us united in the memory of those years. I sit drinking a Carlsberg to your honour and health, thinking of you. I send you my best wishes for your birthday and the year to come. Love to both of you.