[Caipirabob]

Jeez, I heard it the other way around, that they were greeted first. My post above is in error, then. I will need to go read an article, I gathered what I heard from a FReeper's post.

[hsalaw]

I just saw the video - which could have been a compilation - but it showed the flower ceremony first, and then the four of them (Bloomberg was there, too) moving through what was like a reception line. And, yes, while they were going through the line, they didn’t have any flowers, so I think the flowers happened first.