Norfolk Pine and Trafalgar Square
Royal Albert Hall Concert
On Friday night Louise and I went to see the Norfolk pine in Trafalgar Square. It is donated every year by Norway. We didn't hang around because it was way too cold!
On Saturday we did our Christmas grocery shopping. We attempted to order all our ingrediants through online shopping, as there will be 9 people in total on Christmas day. The worst thing about online shopping is that if they don't have what you ask for they send a substitute! Well, we get substitutes and are invisioning that the turkey would have been replaced by a chicken! However, it wasn't! But it was reduced from a large to a small, however, it will still feed us all. Some things were missing and our NZ leg of lamb, looked about the size of a bird leg! So Lou and I set out for the supermarket to pick up bits and pieces that we missed! Two supermarkets later with packpacks full of food we feel ready to cater for 9 on Christmas day! Everybody is getting involved in a little cooking, so we droped the potatoes up the road to mike and dave who will be peeling and roasting the potatoes and gave them the now larger leg of lamb to give to the boys down the road who will be rosting it and bringing it up. With the turkey and vege's at our place, potoatos at another and lamb in yet another oven, we should all be ready and meeting at our place at 11am for lunch at 12.30! Well, here's hopeing! With all that sorted, Lou, Josh and I went out in the evening to a Christmas Carol concert in the Royal Albert Hall.
Sunday Josh and I went to church then ate mussels and chips for lunch in Covent Garden, not quite as nice as NZ but they were great! It was so foggy today, you couldn't see the top of the buildings. It is minus zero in the evening times and about 2-5 degress during the day, so it is definatly cold. But we are ready for Christmas, tomorrow is Christmas Eve, I will be at work, but Josh has a much deserved break! Looking foward to phoning the family tomorrow evening to begin Christmas off!
Royal Albert Hall Concert
On Friday night Louise and I went to see the Norfolk pine in Trafalgar Square. It is donated every year by Norway. We didn't hang around because it was way too cold!
On Saturday we did our Christmas grocery shopping. We attempted to order all our ingrediants through online shopping, as there will be 9 people in total on Christmas day. The worst thing about online shopping is that if they don't have what you ask for they send a substitute! Well, we get substitutes and are invisioning that the turkey would have been replaced by a chicken! However, it wasn't! But it was reduced from a large to a small, however, it will still feed us all. Some things were missing and our NZ leg of lamb, looked about the size of a bird leg! So Lou and I set out for the supermarket to pick up bits and pieces that we missed! Two supermarkets later with packpacks full of food we feel ready to cater for 9 on Christmas day! Everybody is getting involved in a little cooking, so we droped the potatoes up the road to mike and dave who will be peeling and roasting the potatoes and gave them the now larger leg of lamb to give to the boys down the road who will be rosting it and bringing it up. With the turkey and vege's at our place, potoatos at another and lamb in yet another oven, we should all be ready and meeting at our place at 11am for lunch at 12.30! Well, here's hopeing! With all that sorted, Lou, Josh and I went out in the evening to a Christmas Carol concert in the Royal Albert Hall.
Sunday Josh and I went to church then ate mussels and chips for lunch in Covent Garden, not quite as nice as NZ but they were great! It was so foggy today, you couldn't see the top of the buildings. It is minus zero in the evening times and about 2-5 degress during the day, so it is definatly cold. But we are ready for Christmas, tomorrow is Christmas Eve, I will be at work, but Josh has a much deserved break! Looking foward to phoning the family tomorrow evening to begin Christmas off!
