It's hard to believe that it's now Friday!
I escaped to yoga again on Christmas Eve morning, then the rest of the day we were prepping for the next day.
Not done this for a very very long time!
Later afternoon light on the lake on our way back from a last minute errand
The air quality was very poor that day so we didn't go into the city in the evening as planned but walked the short distance to the Turtle Lake Brewery where burgers happened to be on 2for1. I had a bun less burger with fries.
On the way home I got this nice shot of Andrew walking along the lane to the apartment with our Christmas tree visible on the top floor
Christmas Day dawned and Santa had visited! Orlo believes in the spirit of Santa!! We had the customary family day. We Skyped with Amanda's family at 7.30am for the traditional Fine family Christmas readings; technology is amazing nowadays, we were located in Hanoi, Connecticut and Seattle! Later we video messaged with Duncan and Rachel who had Rachel's family with them for the festive season.
An American-Vietnamese couple joined us for lunch. Apparently Andrew and Amanda invited them last year and they enjoyed it so much they came again! We roasted an almost 14lb turkey and served it with all the trimmings including parsnips from the UK. We also had some interesting additional flavours, Amanda had added kumquats when she made the cranberry sauce and we had found a delicious nutty apricot stuffing on the internet. There wasn't a sprout in sight, the green veg was spinach cooked with garlic. I had brought two mini Christmas puddings which were accompanied by brandy butter; and made a chocolate roulade which we filled with strawberries and cream and creme fraiche.
The washing up team! (Breakfast washing up)
Amanda, Michael, Orlo and I went for a short walk in the evening and had a look at the local temple. The stalls outside were stacked full of fruit, biscuits etc and we found out the reason the next day.
This is a "heritage tree"; a huge banyan tree with massive aerial roots
To be continued as there will be too many photos for one blog......
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