Crossing the Alpine passes, the drivers were greeted along the way with festive receptions.
Upon arrival, Mr. Biden's motorcade was greeted along the route by cheering throngs, with many holding up signs saying, "Kosovo loves you," and "Thank you, U.S.A.," a reference to United States support for the province's declaration of independence from Serbia last year.
The big announcement also, tragically, slightly did for the ethnic minority possibility: had it been (wistful sigh) Idris Elba, one suspects the news would have been downplayed, to encourage the "yeah, he's black, what of it" factor, with which it would almost certainly have been greeted (along with all the delighted screaming).
As the Diamond Jubilee pageant began, its 1,000 vessels were greeted along the route by 1.2 million spectators, according to the organisers.
Sylvia is there to greet me, along with one of the four men who seem always to surround her.
Although time has wrought ruin on his murals, Mr. Gaskin still gets up early on Sundays to greet tourists along 125th Street.
When they finally arrived, five or six malnourished children came out to greet them, along with a woman wearing a very wide skirt that bulged voluminously, as if there were some kind of animal under it coiled around her legs.
Gessica Guidi, granddaughter of the late founder, Marcello Guidi, was there to greet us, along with Elizabeth Tohikian.
Not many kids get a chance of being welcomed by the Chief of Army Staff, General Raheel Sharif waiting to greet them along with their parents at the school's entrance.
In a video posted on YouTube, Francis can be seen embracing the two, who greet him along with several other people.
