Day 297
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Temp 30 C and lovely :-)
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Last night Greg and i were at the shopping centre writing ¨The Night Before Xmas¨..which is was for you guys...but for us...TONIGHT is the night before xmas...It´s 2.30 in the afternoon here..and yet, for you, it´s 2.30 xmas morning!
So....happy Chrismtas!!! (Again!!)
I guess all the kids will be waking up soon...to see what Santa has brought..gee, i remember the days..and the 4am mornings...when Andy and I would get woken by Annie...then we would scamper out to our lounge to see what was there..exciting days!
And Christmas time is still exciting!
This morning Greg and i bought our wine glasses...so we have two wine glasses to toast to each other, and to you, tonight! Our wine is in Nanna´s fridge, who looks after our ´matrimonial´rooms!
We also bought each other a pressie at the tango last night...argentinian branded mate (pronounced mah-tay)straws! See pic. The pots are lined with pumpkin skin and we´re not sure if we can get that through Au quarantine or not..but that´s part of the mate experience apparently...to get the infusion through the pumpkin skin.
We´ll test it all out tomorrow morning as the breakfast room in the main building (there are 3 buildings..the main admin one, the matrimonial building and the apartments) have a bag of mate tea for the use of people staying in the hostel.
We will be thinking of all the people who can´t be with their families...especially David who is working up on the Chaser boats..i know it will be a lonely time for him. Also we´ll be thinking of Angie and David and their kids in cold Edinburgh!
And of all those who are struggling with sickness....our arms go out to you. You are in our thoughts..and we sincerely pray 2008 will be a better year for you.
I guess Christmas is what we make of it..and it´s up to us to make it as wonderful as we can. Greg and I feel sort of excited by having Christmas in Argentina. We have each other and although we´d love to be with our family and friends, this is our choice. And we feel privileged to be living the dream we have for the past year. It´s such a different experience..
So..we´re looking forward to Christmas here!
We´ve stocked up with fruit and a panetone in case all the restaurants are closed! Our breakfast will be in the main building and if it´s like it has been the last two mornings, it will consist of wholemeal rolls in a large basket to be shared, jam in a big shared pot, and cornflakes in a large basket, also to be shared. The people we´ve met there are mainly British and Brazilian. I wonder if they´ll have anything special for breakfast tomorrow????
We´re hoping to find a church that has the Christmas hymns....
And we´ll go downtown Palermo to see what´s happening there...
HAVE A GREAT CHRISTMAS!!!
We´re thinking of you all....(and yes, we´re homesick! And miss you all SO MUCH!!!!)
