Well we did it. Our first Christmas away from it all! Pretty sweet it was. It is Boxing day here, and except for the for the decorations it has truly been a completely different Christmas holiday. Our neighbour came over and gave us Christmas lights for our deck, how nice is that. He just new ,I'd love it.
Having been so lucky to have met some very nice people, we were invited to celebrate Christmas eve dinner with the Germans, two brothers Kevan, Erik , their Mother, and guests from their hotel and a few locals thrown in for balance. Steve and I were the first guests to arrive, we both said no one at home would believe it! They had wonderful Christmas music playing, tasteful decorations and candles, nice touches everywhere. The dinner started first with white asparagus soup, then a nice green salad, and then out came the butterball turkey, mashed pototoes, stuffing, gravey, brocolli, carrots, and cauliflower, we even had cranberries, just like at home but no brussel sprouts. It was a great dinner, with good company. Their Mom even even baked a variety of special little cookies. She also had presents for us, a pretty sarong for moi and chinese checkers for Steve. How thoughtful. After dinner , some of us played a stacking game of wooden blocks, that you try to remove without it falling over, kinda like blinko. Very fun, lots of laughter. Chatted with other guests and we even met this young guy with a Rock Creek address on his drivers licence, I made him show us , to prove his story. Most will know but just in case, Rock Creek is where both my Dad and Stepfather Stan are from. Kinda cool eh.
Then on Christmas day , we did a little blogging, and had a little Thai soup for brunch, then went to the beach. Nice lazy oceanside day. We even made sand angels. Went home to get ready to go for a nice Christmas dinner, just the two of us. And that it was, sweet spot , nice table, beautifully decorated with Thai art. We ate crab spring rolls, Tom yum soup and tasty crunchy noodles with prawns, pork and mixed veggies. Just had enough room for a gelato. What a nice evening until we started driving home, along the way someone had hit a dog and there it was still alive, laying on it`s back barking , and barking and unable to move. We both felt so helpless, I shed a few tears, I know that these things happen , but it`s hard to see. Not too sure how I will make out in other countries with their share of sadness. Steve just keeps reminding me that it is what it is!!!!Same same only different.
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