Friday, December 24, 2010

December 23 2010 - Christmas Eve in Vancouver

Merry Christmas!


It’s funny spending Christmas without any snow and at 10C! But it feels wonderful to be here and to be close to Alanna. We haven’t done much since we got here: walked Robson Street a few times looking at the shops; ran in Stanley Park and on the Sea Wall; went grocery shopping for Christmas; and generally lazed around Alanna’s flat in the West End. Everyone is walking around with “purpose” and many are smiling and saying “Merry Christmas”. I think the shop attendants will be very glad when they close the doors at 6:00 p.m. but generally the atmosphere is very friendly. I won’t say that there is a lot of Christmas decoration around, or even Christmas music, but just more of the Christmas spirit.

 Last night we went to dinner with Lee and Tom whose house we are baby-sitting. The house is lovely and it is in a really nice neighbourhood. We are looking forward to investigating the park, shops, library, community centre with swimming pool and gym, and of course the local restaurants which are within walking distance of the house. This is all a wonderful new experience for us….to be able to walk to shops, restaurants, etc.! Tomorrow we are spending Christmas day with Alanna, and she has invited another couple who are here from South Africa and their 6-month old daughter to join us for Christmas dinner in the evening. Alanna is already cooking; she has made the turkey stuffing with bulgar and hazelnuts, and is busy making an apple crumble for desert. Mom is sitting back looking up recipe information on the WWW, when requested!! It is a very pleasant difference. So……here is wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas wherever you are.

1 comment:

Randall said...

God bless us -- everyone.