STOCKHOLM LUNCH...........

Leading up to the luncheon this year, I had the pleasure of meeting a colleague of mine from SAS and the last time seeing her was perhaps 40 years ago. We met downtown Stockholm and had a coffee that actually lasted about 2 hours before she had to leave............but 2 hours was simply not enough time to go over 40 years of time.  We did reconize each other immediatly and also remembered the last time we saw each other was at the airport in Stockholm when Margot and I arrived and was met by Barbro running between flights meeting VIP's............trying to cover her 40 years and my 40 years in 2 hours was a struggle but with skype, email, etc. etc. etc. we can now say HELLO more often.

The lunch that I travel approximately 6000 miles for is a very simple, lunch.  It's called Stromming, in Sweden...........fried herring fish with a bit of parsley.  It is accompanied by mashed potatoes, lingonberry,  hard cracker type bread called knacke bread, and a LOT OF SNAPS called aquavit.  Off hand I would say more snaps that herring.  Sure, there is other things i.e. cheese of many types, nuts etc to snack on with your scotch leading up to the luncheon  or as in this year  coffee, weinerbrod (sweet rolls) and scotch before the luncheon and one might ask.................WHY HERRING for lunch, since in America, herring is a prime source of BAIT..............but perhaps we should think about it for a moment. Fish is brain food and aquavit wards off any poison that might enter the blood stream.  At any rate...............it is really not a factor for going over to Sweden for the fantastic lunch................it's the guys I'm having the lunch with. They are literally worth a kings ransom.

In this photo, two men are  missing.........one had not yet arrived and one was in Mallorca filming movie.

The photo at the introduction pictures the  HERRING IN A PAN.............

This May the Luncheon was hosted at the summer home of one of the members located about 2-21/2 hours south of Stockholm.  Since Swedish law is so strict on drinking and driving ..........a bus........was our mode of transportation...........equipped with a sandwich and drink bar. ..........but the end up place was in one word...............................FAB--U--LOUS.

A true Castle.     A special thank you Aje ( I-ja).  and thanks to all the 4 gang.(DFG)  for another fantastic luncheon.