He he he, and don't make any holes in their masks for breathing, Jude, they'll use'm to cough straight at you, the little swine that they are;-) Ouch Neti I didn't know that could happen, but it certainly feels like that's what my rib muscles are up to at the moment.
About the ceremony. There were ten of us, eleven including the "captain" of the boat. Dad and his wife led a busy social life, but he wanted only the very closest people to attend this ceremony. Below map shows Skåne (Scania), the broad black arrow is the island of Ven from where we went out. The red circle is where my Dad spent many childhood and youth years living with his beloved grandparents. Incidentally, the two blue circles are where I grew up, and the blue star is - approximately - where my eldest sister and her husband live and where I was staying:
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The weather was surreal. This was on Friday; Thursday had been beautiful and sunny too (I sent a thought to you and your brother Robi) and Friday was like we had been transported into a parallel universe - warm sunshine and calm waters, glittering like you wouldn't believe. If my b-i-l hadn't taken pictures we would probably have thought it a dream by now, especially since we had SNOW the other day (the day I travelled back to Stockholm). (continued)