Tuesday, October 29, 2002
Benny & Bjorn - Mission AccomplishedWhat could be greater than meeting ABBA�s Bjorn and Benny in Sweden!
It all started with an urgent email from James, begging me to head down to ?hlens Stockholm department store as Bjorn and Benny were signing copies of their new release Chess p? Svenska. I have never been to a CD signing before but this was one I was not going to miss. Twisted Mikaela�s arm with the promise of a few beers and she agreed to come as photographer so I left work at 3.15pm and we headed into the city. It wasn�t too crowded when we got there, probably about 130 people ahead of us. We crammed into a small space between the maternity bras and clothing and waited as the queue slowly moved through ladies lingerie. As you can see, Mikaela was very happy to be waiting with me...After about one hour, I was only a few metres away from Benny, Bjorn and numerous Swedish stars I have never heard of. All this time Mikaela and I were arguing about who was Bjorn and who was Benny. Finally I agreed that as she is Swedish she probably knows more than me but as it turns out she was wrong � thank goodness I didn�t call either of them by name as that would have been quite embarrassing. I will never underestimate my ABBA knowledge again.
CD in hand, almost there!
Anyway, I was almost there! Mikaela was positioned at prime photo taking spot. I hung back a bit to get more space as everyone was jammed quite tightly, walking along in a row past the very important famous people.
Then I asked the girl behind me if she could give me some space as I was having very important photos taken with famous people. So in the end I had lots of space and lots of time to chat and get the important photos/evidence.
I hear you're looking for a new Agneta...
So I strode up to Benny and said Hi I�m from Australia and it�s a great pleasure to meet you and we shook hands. Now, I don�t know if it�s just because he�s nice or he�d had a few beers but we had a big chat about what I was doing in Sweden, where I was working, how I liked it, that I�d better watch out for the cold winter, that he�s heard great reports about my infamous Dancing Queen karaoke performances (well not really the last bit) etc etc. It was tops! He seems really lovely.
Assorted Swedish stars - think Swedish Johnny Farnham, Marcia Hines, etc
Then I spoke with the cast members of Chess as they signed the CD and got to Bjorn, who did not look very happy to be there. Since it had worked so well with Benny, I told Bjorn I was from Australia but he didn�t really care and seemed grumpy so I just asked for a quick photo and then it was all over.
Bjorn didn't really care where I was from
Mikaela�s photos have turned out brilliantly! James has his autographed CD, I have photos with two ABBA stars, and feel even more of a reason to continue with my Dancing Queen karaoke.
Success! James' autographed CD
Posted at 6:19 AM
Monday, October 28, 2002
Searching for Bjorn & BennyThis afternoon I am leaving work early and setting off on a mission for James. He has heard on the ABBA grapevine that Bjorn & Benny are signing copies of their new CD �Chess p? Svenska� at ?hlene�s � a department store in the city, so I have to bolt down there, buy him a copy and try to get it signed. What a hoot!
Mikaela is coming with me for moral support, and of course the digital camera will be there to take photos of this memorable occasion � if we actually get close enough. The things I do for my friends.
Since I�ve been updating about mum and dad, here�s a few things that I�ve been doing over the last couple of weeks�
Mikaela, me and Gav - just feeling a little tired
I did what I imagine most Australians did after hearing the news about Bali and headed for the bottle Monday night with Mikaela and Gav. Mikaela had asked me over to dinner before Gav left to go home to Sydney so we sat and drank and drank and talked about what was going on.
Tuesday night I went to the Ronan Keating concert at the Cirkus in Stockholm. My friend Ute�s husband Lee had given her two tickets to the concert on the condition that he didn�t have to go with her � so I got to go. He is such a spunk, sort of an Irish Johnny Farnham � children and grandmothers were all out in force.
Ute after the concert!
I have never seen so many smiling women in one place before. One girl even fainted � although I�m not sure if that was because of Ronan.
Ah, Ronan - there's nothing wrong with him Katie
Of course Ute and I had a few wines at the Plank Place before we went to the concert and were in fine spirits. It was a small venue, so we were close enough to have a nice viewing point, and enough room to dance, especially to the favourite �Life is a rollercoaster�.
Wednesday night � I had signed up for a wine tasting evening with work and it was a lot of fun. I think we were all a little pissed by half way through � there was so much wine � and were coming up with very imaginative ideas about what we could taste - paper, cheese and tomatoes being some of the strange examples.
All I asked for was a chardy
Of course after the tasting we had to go out to a bar to test if we had learnt anything. After trying 13 different reds and whites during the evening we were all pretty ordinary the next day.
I can definitely taste paint and grapes in this bouqet said Jonas after a few wines
PUB night was Thursday night � staff drinks downstairs in our company bar. Yes, company bar. Not very good at tasting but quite good now at sloshing wine around glass. Then went to see the new Austin Powers movie with Mikaela. It wasn�t that great, a few laughs�
Friday night I met up with Simon at Burn nightclub which is a beautiful old building with chandeleirs, high ceilings, and gold leaf walls. Very crowded but a place for the beautiful people so you don�t mind at all being pushed around.
It�s a small world after all�
Ever since I met UK Simon a few months ago he�s been stressing about a best man�s speech he had to make at a friends wedding in Australia. Simon�s a friend of Bex, who she met when she was working at Marcus Evans in London, and is now, obviously, based in Stockholm. So Bex introduced us when I moved here. So that night at Burn we were both stressing cause I had a presentation to do in a few days and he had the speech to make last weekend. And he said something like �I hope Gerg finds it funny..� Now feeling like a real fool I said, I know a guy called Gerg, I don�t suppose this Gerg went to Canberra uni�Turns out it�s one and the same. I guess there couldn�t be too many Gerg�s in the world.
Saturday I went shopping with Mikaela but just got depressed over the size of the clothes, so we went and watched Monsters Ball, which I wasn�t too fond of. Especially since Heath Ledger dies so early in the film (oops sorry if you haven�t seen it) which removed half of the reason for watching it. I�m not a fan of Halle Berry, and if I ever again hear anyone saying �Make me feel good� I will vomit.
At some stage we also had farewell drinks for Gav at a couple of pubs...it all got a bit messy for Gav who'd been drinking since midday.
Gav was not very pleased to be heading back to Sydney, and was practicing some dance moves for his next night out at Panthers World of Entertainment.
He's just accepted a job at a company called Ag-Ready, that we - Wallenius Wilhelmsen - own. It's in Sydney so he and Mikaela will be all settled in by the time I get home. I have told them, completely objectively, that Surry Hills is probably the best place in Sydney to live.
Bloody Swedish washing machines...even the Zone diet wouldn't be able to make this fit
Did some washing but forgot to take my traslated instructions down to the washroom dungeon and messed up with one of my favourite tops. It now fits Eva's three year old daughter so I am quite pleased that I have given a three year old the chance to wear designer clothing if nothing else. It just measn I will be forced to go shopping again.
On Sunday I met up with some Aussie boys and honorary Aussie Simon to have a beer and somehow be part of the day of mourning in Australia. Turns out there was a match televised between Ireland and Australia (the AFL/Gaelic football hybrid) at a pub in town so we went there and joined up with a few other Aussies. There was a minutes silence which was nice. Then we went out for dinner and I had to move onto the low alcohol beer shandy as those boys can drink!
That�s about it for this update�mum and dad are still in Italy and I called mum for her birthday on Saturday and they were on the train to Venice and very excited!
Below is a photo we took when the whole 'fart' thing was a novelty. Thought it was appropriate at the time...
Posted at 2:16 AM
Thursday, October 24, 2002
Helsinki part 2Our second day in Helsinki�mum and dad got up early as they were very excited about the included buffet breakfast and bolted down to the dining room. When I arrived an hour later they had tried the smoked salmon, fruit and yogurt, coffee, eggs, sausage and bacon, porridge and most of the other food on offer. They were very impressed, and quite upset that I only had two boiled eggs. But I�m a bit over the buffet these days, and I had gorged myself on a big mac meal the night before.
Mum decided that she wanted to see �Finnish suburbia� so we started off on a walk up behind the hotel and Helsinki town. We ended up at the shipyards and decided to walk around the coast back to the town. It was bloody freezing. Jacques was lagging with his cameras and mum and I strode off, very happy to find about 45 minutes later a tiny coffee shop right at the waters edge where we warmed up and had a couple of very nice coffees.
Mum asked me to take this photo of the angel for Pammy at the Uspenski Cathedral
Then we traipsed off again and ended up back at the fish markets. This time we decided to walk through the indoor food hall, and you guessed it, according to mum it was just like the food hall in Melbourne! I almost had a snap at this stage, but figured she was only doing it now to stir me � I�ll give her the benefit of the doubt on that one. She�s probably in Rome right now marveling at how the Colosseum looks just like the new houses in Bankstown.
Anyway, after that we walked up to the Uspenski Cathedral � the largest Orthodox cathedral in Western Europe.
Outside Cathedral and Inside Cathedral
And eventually returned to the hotel where we collapsed into the chairs in the bar, ordered beers and a glass of wine for me, took photos of ourselves and relaxed while we waited to head off to the ship. Dad and mum wrote some postcards � Dad�s focused on what he had eaten in the past three days.
The lovely Farrell Ladies & Alias Jacques
And then we were back on board, this time on Silja Symphony�and found prime position at a bar at the front of the ship where we had a fantastic view and a few cocktails. I think the barman took a liking to me as we ended up being given numerous creations to try.
Another bar, another drink
The view from the bar
Sunset
Dad had to go eat, and came back to tell us about the ham and cheese pizza he ate at the caf� which had mum and I in hysterics cause in an email he had sent Renay that day all he had written was something like � We�re in Helsinki, just ate herring and chips and going out to dinner tonight�, added to the postcards and after a few cocktails we were in tears creating new information for dad to send people about his trip �Had a ham and cheese pizza, hoping to get to the smorgasbord tonight, can�t wait to get to Italy and have some pasta.�
I love the nightlife, I love to boogie
So after a few more drinks mum and I decided that since it was dark and we couldn�t see anything it was time to grab a bite to eat and head back to karaoke for round two. This time I go tin early and was first up with �You�re so vain�, followed by a group of students who were very entertaining. By this time I chucked the credit card on the bar and was thinking I was Kylie so it was time to unleash �Fame � What a feeling� Everyone hit the dancefloor! So it continued for another hour or so then it was over, but the advantage of being the Australian novelty kicked in and they let me sing again�a little Carpenters tune �Rainy days and Mondays�. Then it was all over.
So do Swedish students
Dad had to retire so mum and I had a few more drinks and went down to the casino to catch the end of the floorshow, with a strange Finnish man tagging along. Bumped into some colleagues who had been having a global meeting on board. Had a couple of drinks with them and a few dances then took mum back to the cabin and returned to the disco with the guys from work. But since they had had such a huge night previously they were all quiet and subdued, while I�m out on the dancefloor wobbling around. So that and the unwanted attentions of my new Finnish friend convinced me it was time for bed.
We love the ship photos. This was taken of a Viking Line cruise ship, from the bow of the Silja Symphony
Arrived in Stockholm a few hours later and showered and walked into town for mum and dad�s last few hours in Sweden. Luckily the sun popped out for a while and they got to see just how pretty Stockholm is. After another wander through Gamla Stan we headed home and had five minutes to grab their bags and run down to get the train into the city, where we then caught the Airport train. It was incredible. I didn�t realize how much stuff mum and dad had, it was agony trying to carry it all. Two backpacks, two daypacks, two large sportsbags, a handbag, a plastic bag filled with goodness knows what and more. Made our connecting train and relaxed for 20 minutes til we arrived at the airport where mum realized she no longer had her handbag. So I ran around organizing a search party and in the confusion we ended up at the wrong terminal but finally arrived at the check in. Then it was all over and all of a sudden they were heading through the gates�I watched them and saw them heading straight for a bar and was gesturing wildly for them to check the screens to see their gate and boarding time. I finally got their attention, they wandered over, checked the screen then bolted!
Posted at 6:05 AM
Friday, October 18, 2002
Cruise to HelsinkiLots going on lately but first a quick catch up on the Griswold visit. They are now in Rome, and after getting lost on the first day and walking in circles for six hours I think they now have everything under control.
Cruise to Helsinki
The very stylish Farrells board the Silja Serenade. Sadly, we couldn't find Gopher anywhere.
Once we�d made our way onto the ship, and paused for a quick photo as we boarded, we dumped our bags and headed for Joe�s Bar, right at the back of the ship where we sat next to the window and prepared for take off. Dad quickly downed a couple of beers, and with the excuse that Swedish beer is much stronger than Australian beer, and he was probably suffering delayed jetlag, mum and I bundled him off to bed, then sat and gossiped over a few wines for the next couple of hours.
Lynnie has some more wine
We had booked a restaurant for dinner, and went to collect dad, but he wouldn�t get out of bed, so mum and I settled for a slice of pizza at a caf�. We were talking with some Finnish couples who had been on a footy tour in Sweden and who advised us that my dream was true and there was karaoke on board. I started practicing scales.
We finished our drinks and went to the bar to wait for it to begin, and was promptly joined by some young Swedes who were very well behaved and very funny, calling mum �The Mummy� ie/ �Does The Mummy want a drink?�, 'Does The Mummy want to dance?'. Mum was pissed off that I hadn�t told them she was my sister, but The Mummy was still the center of attention so quite happy...I ran down to the cabin to try to rouse dad again but no luck, so returned to sing. Sang my song then an hour later the disco started and there was no shortage of daggy dancers to partner us on stage. When we returned to the cabin dad was still out of it, so we made sure he was sufficiently propped up on pillows to limit the snoring before going to bed.
The next morning we woke at 8am as we were heading into Helsinki.
Helsinki is really lovely. It's a small town, and very pretty. This is the view from the ship.
Feeling quite hungover we returned to the caf� and had lots of coffee before disembarking. I led them through the streets for about 20 minutes before finding our hotel. It was very nice with huge floor to ceiling windows. There was a weird pillar in the middle of the room though that made it a bit difficult to move around but apart from that it was great. We took off down the main street to find the Tourist Office with mum raving on about how Helsinki looked �Just like Martin Place� (the streets of Stockholm are like Northborne Avenue, Canberra apparently) and managed to jump on a bus for a two-hour tour of the city. It was brilliant.
This is the Sibelius Monument, created by artist Eila Hiltunen in 1967 to honour Finland's most famous composer, Jean Sibelius, who composed 'Finlandia'. It took two trucks to move it to the park where it now stands
I�ve not been on many tours but this was great. Really interesting, comprehensive and we had the chance to get off the bus and spend time at some of the sites such as Temppeliaukio, the church in the rock. To be honest it was sort of like St Patricks at Sutherland, mum of course made that comparison, and I can see the similraities ie/ they are both underground. Following the bus tour we wandered down to the fish markets on Helsinki Harbour. Lots of stalls set up in the sun selling thousands of varieties of herring and salmon. We stopped at an open caf� for herring, white fish and chips. Again I repeated my herring experience � tastes great while it�s covered with sauce but once the sauce runs out it�s awful, and the feeling of illness lasts.
Lunch at the Helsinki Fish Market 'It's just like Paddy's but with food' said mum.
We then wandered to the Senate Square - the main town square that is very Russian and is apprently used as the setting for the filming of most 'Russian' storylines in the movies. We then stopped off for a coffee in a nice caf� on the main street where I told dad he needed to get a nasal operation when he returns to Sydney, which caught mum by surprise and she laughed and cappuccino spurted from her nose which was one of the highlights of the trip.
This is the Lutheran Cathedral in the Senate Square in Helsinki.
This is the photo mum took of me. She had lost her glasses again so it's not quite what I expected
Mum and Dad bought me a piece of Finnish glass at a store on the main street and I went into my dream shop Mari Mekko design and bought a makeup bag.
I think by that stage we were pretty tuckered out. Went back to the hotel and tried to find an English movie on the TV but to no avail. Had a small sleep and then went down to the bar for a drink. I asked the concierge about the hotel sauna and discovered it was free so we all raced up to have a go � also mum was feeling ill so we thought it might help her cold. The girls sauna was empty, but dads was filled with drunken Swedes so he went back downstairs and mum and I spend half an hour steaming ourselves � sometimes too zealously so that we had to rush out the door to escape from the steam, but generally it was fun. Then dad and I bolted to Macca�s � all we could afford � we ate dinner, propped dad up on the extra pillows and went to sleep.
Will write about Day 2 in Helsinki and the trip home next week.
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On Sunday I will be meeting up with some Aussie friends for a beer here in Stockholm to think about the people who were killed in the Bali bombing and their families, and in some small way participate in the Australia�s National Day of Mourning. It�s difficult being away from home when something like this happens, I guess we all feel very protective of our country and all Australians, and somehow you think you could do something if you were at home, which is probably not the case. I�ve spoken to Bryce about this and he feels the same. So even though we are overseas right now we are still so connected to everything that happens at home, and we are feeling the same sense of horror and pain and anger. Everyone take care. Love Yvette
Posted at 5:39 AM
Friday, October 11, 2002
Griswolds in Stockholm and HelsinkiWell mum and dad are now in London with Ren after my military like whirlwind tour of Stockholm and Helsinki.
After six days with mum and dad I was a little frazzled
On their first day they spent the afternoon wandering and actually found their way to the Wallenius Wilhelmsen office which was quite a feat as I hadn't actually given them directions. I was very impressed with their tracking skills. They were hysterical after seeing all the fart, slut, k?k etc signs all over the city.
They were very impressed with the Bar and K?k - it means food and drink
We had a coffee in the office and then went to a pub on G?tgatan for a few beers and a meal but mum was in agony as her body had siezed up after 32 hours on the plane followed by a night on the dodgy lilos I had borrowed from Bex' friend Simon so we had a bit of an early night. Problem was that with only a couple of wines under my belt, with ear plugs, headphones and a sleeping tablet dads roaring snoring could still be heard clear as a bell. While I started chugging down more G&T's mum had a snap and I had to retire to the kitchen with my mattress and another sleeping pill and finally fell asleep.
The following morning we ventured off to the Vasa museum via my local shopping centre and a tour of the System Bolaget.
The place dreams are made of - but only from 9am - 5pm
It was hard to get them to leave the Bloget
Vasa was built in the 1600's and sunk when it was launched in Stockholm Harbour in 1628. In the late 1950's it was discovered and over the next three years was slowly brought to the surface and finally ended up in the spectacular Vasa museum.
We loved Vasa
We spent about three hours there and the time flew by. It's absolutely amazing to see the complete hull of a 400 year old ship that had laid under water for 300 years (my dates might be out here but it was a pretty long time anyway). The best part about the museum is that you pay and walk through the main doors and you're there - no boring museum stuff to go through before you see the main attraction. Right underneath the hull. It was brilliant and if you want to have a look go to Vasa Museum
Jacques took three rolls of film in the first three hours. He was always running behind us with three cameras around his neck. There he is again
From there we headed down to Guna Lunde for a ferry trip across to Slussen, a burger a Macca's and a quick train trip to Mikaela and Gav's where we had some wine before heading off to the Globe (or Globen) the massive indoor arena, for a hockey match which was great. Beer and hotdogs and lots of agro on the ice. Then back to G?tgatan for another dinner and beers at another pub.
Following morning we took dad to W?rstroms pub in Gamla Stan and while he watched the League grand final with Gac, Marcus and lots of Aussies and Kiwis mum and I strolled around Gamla Stan, the 'Old Town' along old cobbled streets and leaning coloured houses - mum particularly loved the old doors.
Mum is rubbing the head of the 'littlest statue in the world' that we found in Gamla Stan and making a wish.
And stopped for a coffee in a little coffee shop where we saw the oldest wall in Stockholm. Made it back to the pub where dad was, had a middy then ventured back to the old town with a wobbly father. Then we walked home (dad begging for Maccas or a hotdog the whole way) grabbed our bags and walked down the highway Castle style to the Silja Symphony cruiseship for our trip to Helsinki.
A street in Gamla Stan
The digital camera mum and dad bought works a treat and wil probably be much better once I read the instructions completely, as you can see from the photos. But since I've spent the morning downloading photos and writing this I must be off and will write more next week.
Our first drink on the cruiseship
Yvette
Posted at 1:52 AM
The Griswolds are here!
Mum and dad arrived last night, looking rather glamorous I thought, after travelling for 32 hours. We gasbagged for hours and drank the $40 cask wine as an alcoholic's nightmare had occurred. The much anticipated duty free alcohol fell out of the overhead locker (when an over-eager person was rumamging through in an attempt to get his bags and be first off the plane) and smashed. Thankfully we are going to duty free Finland soon to stock up again.
The frog shower cap Jax gave me came with me to Stockholm.
These two phots were taken in the fabulous beer garden at the international terminal in Sydney.
Dad's snoring wasn't too bad. Well it was, but the wine had helped dull my hearing. I think this means I have to drink each night but with the Farrell parents that's not such a difficult thing. Anyway, not going to write too much cause I'm quite ordinary today.
These photos were taken the night before I left for Stockholm while we were discussing beanies and how many I should take to get me through winter.
We had also just been at the pub for a while.
M & D also brought these photos with them and the digital camera. It's all set up and software installed and ready to go.
I won't be back in the office now until Thursday, so I'll write more then!
Yvette
Everybody loves Wayne Lucas
Posted at 5:32 AM
Update!
Mum and dad missed their connection from London and are now sitting in a bar at Heathrow waiting for another flight. Which means I will also have to go for a few drinks after work with Ute from the office while I wait for them. They are going to be exhausted. They've been travelling for 28 hours now!
Here's my update in a nutshell...
Last night I met Simon McCartney - a friend of Bex from Marcus Evan - for a few drinks and dinner, and to collect lilos from him that mum and dad will be sleeping on. Went to a fantastic restaurant in the posh end of town, which is evidenced by the prices - it was $250 each for dinner and one bottle of wine...would love to know how much a Vasse Felix cab sav retails for in Australia - we paid $120! But it was very good. Before meeting Simon I had a quick drink with Mark Hope who was over from the Stockholm office. I put my mobile on the table so I wouldn't miss Simon's call, and when I went to check it 15 minutes later it was gone - and we had been sitting chatting at the table the whole time. It must have been a very sneaky thief. Mark said that as the thief was so skilled he really deserved the phone. So I had to add that to the list of corporaet property that I have broken/lost since I got here. I think the compnay's insurance preminums will go up after this visit.
Tuesday night I met Mikaela for a few (too many) wines at the Plank Place after work and was happily snoozing in bed by 10pm.
Went for big bike ride on the weeknd and was very very sore for a few days afterwards but nothing like the pain after the Bergen mountain experience. It was sooo nice, there's massive national park near where I live, it's huge and I had a great ride, although a little longer than I expected as I got lost and ended up doing some dodgy mountain biking quite by accident. Last Thursday night my French neighbour Xavier invited me over for drinks with some of his friends and I ended up out for dinner and drinks with them til around 2.30am. Hangover and severe tiredness kicked in at work at around 5pm on Friday so it was a very quiet night on the couch with my best friend cable TV. Saturday I cleaned the apartment - it's amazing just how messy a very small apartment can get - in anticipation of mum and dad's arrival today and found time to devour a whole tub of Strawberry Hagendaaz.
Was watching CNN on Saturday evening and recovering from exercising after doing nothing for four weeks when my old uni and ABC friend Gaven Morris popped up as the London correspondant for CNN. Managed to track him down on Monday and hopefully we'll catch up soon. Small world.
On Sunday off to Finland which should be interesting on big glamorous cruise ship - and will have digital camera that Mum and dad are bringing to will have lots of photos for this site. Turns out our Cost Management global meeting is on same curise ship on the return leg. The more people at karaoke the better...yes, there is karaoke on baord as well as about five bars and a nightclub, and a massive shopping centre.
Off to Paris in November and booked the Icehotel for two nights for Ren and I in January and it looks like James will be over to visit then too. Not one person I have told this to has thought it was a good idea as it will be minus 20 degrees or there about. Id on't care. I want the jumpsuit, the reindeer sleeping bar and a drink out of an ice glass at the ice bar. And we're going dog-sledding and skidooing too.
And now for Florence:
I haven�t written about the Florence Nightingale episode�when Mikko and I were on our way home from Thom�s party, walking to the station, a drunk man came flying round the corner on a bike. About ten minutes later I realized that what I though was a pile of rubbish bags lying up ahead was actually the same man on the ground after a major stack. I very selflessly offered to hold Mikko�s bike while she tried to untangle the man from his bike. His limbs looked a little weird from the waist down, I thought maybe he had hurt his hip or broken his legs, but anyway, Mikko put him in coma position, and there he stayed with bleeding head, ranting drunkenly in Swedish and complaining of the pain until the ambulance turned up about 10 minutes later. It would be very insensitive at this point to comment on how cute the ambulance men were so I won�t mention it.
Anyway, they did lots of doctory things to the drunk man, however the problem was that the man couldn�t feel that his feet and fingers were nearly being broken off by the ministrations of the ambulance men. They said that it could be because of the shock, but that he was probably paralysed from the neck down due to the bike crash. The bike had been stolen, and the ambulance men thought he was probably homeless so it is a very sad story. So in actual fact we weren�t very successful Florence Nightingale�s as we probably contributed to his paralyses. But we did our best under the circumstances
The moral of the story is:
Don�t ride a bike when drunk
Remember your St John training and don�t move injured people.
When I next post it will be of happy shots of mum and dad and I siteseeing Stockholm and Helsinki!
Yvette
xxx
Posted at 7:41 AM