Life has been quite busy around here the past month or so. We enjoyed Christmas and New Years. This Christmas was so much fun since it was Zoe's first Christmas where she was somewhat aware of what was going on around her. On Christmas Eve, we drove with some friends to a nearby town. This town is a little outside of the capitol city we live in, and it has a Christian majority. We had heard from many people that we needed to go and see their Christmas lights there, that we would feel like we were in America. So, we set off on what should have been a thirty minute drive to this little town to see the lights. When we finally arrived, an hour and a half later, we saw maybe four buildings that had Christmas lights (read: a strand of lights) on them, there were a couple of stores that sold lights, and their door/entry ways were quite lit. They also had a famous Christmas tree in the center of town, so naturally I'm expecting a Time's Square Christmas tree, what we found was maybe a seven foot tree, no ornaments, just a few strands of red lights. Our Christmas Lights outing was a little bit of a bust, but it was fun anyway and we did get to see people celebrating Christmas.
Christmas day, we had some friends over for Christmas dinner. We had a huge feast with Turkey and stuffing, and Andrew put a video of a fireplace with crackling fire on the TV so it felt a bit like a Christmas back home. This was a fourth Christmas overseas, and it was the first one that has actually felt like Christmas.
We did not really celebrate much for New Years, but we did get to hear a lot of fireworks at midnight. A few days after the New Year, we went with some friends to a nearby tourist spot just outside of town. There was an old castle (something like 300 BC), and a network of caves in the side of a mountain. We took a picnic and enjoyed the afternoon away from the hustle and bustle of the big city.
Now that all the holidays have passed, we are settling back into the normal routine and fast paced flow of life.
Christmas day, we had some friends over for Christmas dinner. We had a huge feast with Turkey and stuffing, and Andrew put a video of a fireplace with crackling fire on the TV so it felt a bit like a Christmas back home. This was a fourth Christmas overseas, and it was the first one that has actually felt like Christmas.
We did not really celebrate much for New Years, but we did get to hear a lot of fireworks at midnight. A few days after the New Year, we went with some friends to a nearby tourist spot just outside of town. There was an old castle (something like 300 BC), and a network of caves in the side of a mountain. We took a picnic and enjoyed the afternoon away from the hustle and bustle of the big city.
Now that all the holidays have passed, we are settling back into the normal routine and fast paced flow of life.
