Sunday, 17 October dawned and, miraculously, I felt a lot better. An excellent birthday present! Already awake at 7.30 in the steel-grey light of an overcast dawn, I showered, performed my daily rites and then tackled the backlog of translation work as the pale sun did its best to shine on the waters of the fjord outside. Around midday, a knock on the door drew me from my work. Who could it be? It was unlikely that Sævar or Ella, the guest house owners, would be calling on a Sunday. I opened the door and looked straight into the lens of a large, professional-standard video camera as Siggi shouted “Happy Birthday!” He had baked a birthday cake for me and brought it, complete with candles. Fortunately, he had not bedecked it with a candle for every year of my age or we might have set the house on fire (unless he collapsed under the weight of it first). With his video camera he filmed, edited and produced a special “Mr Wednesday’s Birthday Video” which was subsequently published on Facebook. It was a very touching tribute from a good friend. I also received many other birthday greetings, in person, by email, by text message, via Facebook and even in the form of an old-fashioned card. All in all, I had a very good day.
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