Swedish 4th of July

Here's a quick entry without a slideshow. Today we took a nice cruise out in the Stockholm Archipeligo (Stockholms skärgård) and a swim in the Baltic Sea at Södra Grinda beach on the island of Grinda. A nice slideshow will appear later. For now, here's yesterday's 4th of July: My brother in law Viktor can properly fold an American flag! Who knew? Renee & Viktor regularly fly both the Swedish and American flags, and there are special rules for folding the Swedish flag as well. Actually, Renne & Viktor made a big deal out of the 4th of July for us. Viktor grilled burgers and corn, and Renee fried up some potatoes. We had chips and Coke and beer. There was even a red white and blue tablecloth! We also built a huge fire and roasted 'smores (we had to subsitute ginger cookies for grahm crackers, as there were none of the former to be had at the local Konsum). All in all, one of the more memorable 4th of July celebrations I remember. We leave you with a nice video of our 4th of July fire.