Ted's Wine and Cheese party for his doctoral students tonight (Saturday, April 25th) was truly a very,very nice affair! Probably 2/3 of his students came and they were so interesting to talk to! They hail from all over: Holland, France, Italy, the Czech Republic, Finland, Canada, the USA and Taiwan! Bright, curious and poised, they seemed really delighted to come to our villa and enjoy the delicious assortment of cheeses and wines we provided for them! Brie, gouda, emmentaler, cheddar with garlic, Monterey jack were among their most popular choices. They also liked the various California wines we provided, even to the dismay of one of our French students who brought some delicious French wine to share. He said it hurt him to acknowledge how good our California red Cabernet was!!
We include some photos from the party. As you can see, the girls are really beautiful and the guys, handsome. And they were so kind and brought us bread, wine and flowers!!And we truly hope we see some of these fine young people in Maine some day!




Interestingly, it was the birthday for two of these young people and we ended up singing Happy Birthday in five languages to them!!