Sara arrived from Elgano's to have breakfast with us at nine this morning. Thankfully she had a good night's sleep in her hotel.. I had just got up and taken my meds, after a night's sleep with less wakefulness than usual. I woke up refreshed, but the benefit was soon lost due to the impact of the meds. Sara went to town after we'd eaten, to hunt for a Cardiff souvenir for Ebba.
Clare and I met her at the Halfway pub on her return and went for a walk, talking about many things non-stop. So many things to share face to face rather than write to each other about. It was cold and dry. We went to Llandaff Cathedral where Sara took a photo of the nave which is now her phone's home screen wallpaper. We had coffee and cake in Jasper's tea room.
Sara took a moment to check in for tomorrow's KLM flight home to Gothenberg, and was shocked to find it had been cancelled. She was re-routed from Bristol to Schipol, Schipol to Paris and then Paris to Gothenberg. To get to Bristol in time for an early flight means taking a very early 04.25 coach to Bristol, leaving Elgano's at 4.00, thankfully five minutes walk away. What a horror!
I cooked lunch when we got back, then we sat and talked all afternoon and had an early supper. She left us for the hotel at seven to catch as much sleep as possible, to be ready for a home journey as long as a transatlantic flight, starting so early in the day, so we parted company tonight, not midday tomorrow as planned.
Sara starts a new job on Monday. She had to call her new boss to inform him about her predicament, just in case anything else happens to delay her on the first day of classes after half-term. Then calls with each of her parents and her husband, to tell them what had happened. A lot of Swedish was spoken at home this afternoon!
It was wonderful to spend quality time together after all these years. Sara and I met in Geneva just before Clare and I moved to Monte Carlo 25 years ago, so it's a special anniversary year in a friendship sustained by correspondence. This was her third visit in all that time. I've never visited Sweden and may never do so sadly.
We talked so much during this reunion filled with insight for me, I didn't realise how tired I was until she'd left and the house descended into quiet. She just messaged me to say good night God bless. I must now finish the day and get to bed.
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