My dad (he's 72 years old now), walked off his home as he was a young man and went to Sweden.
He met some guys there playing in a band called "The Shamrocks". He toured with them and also played sometimes the drums. Later as he met my mother, those times were over
He is still in contact with some of those guys and sometimes they met each other, especially if old bands of the past give a little concert again. The last time they met was as "The Marmelade" was in Bonn in 2016.
Must have been a great day, with a lot of beers, of course