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July 11: An extraordinary coincidence

Another long day of travel, westward about 500km to my grandparents' house in Ekenäs, on the south coast. Boarded a coach in the morning, later changed to a train where, bizarrely, we bumped into my brother, who was also travelling in Finland and happened also to be heading to our grandparents'11. Eventually reached Ekenäs in the evening, and were immediately ferried out by my uncle to my grandparents' island, Pottören12, where divers family members were already staying. After a traditional sauna and a traditional meal of sausages and beer, we retired to bed.


Footnotes

... grandparents'11
This was the first strange coincidental meeting of the summer.
...oren12
The Ekenäs archipelago is a beautiful and unique area containing thousands of tiny islands, many used for summer cottages. My grandparents' island measures about 100m by 50.