Boxing Day

As on Boxing Days past we spent the afternoon and evening at family friends. A real English Christmas for us would not be the same without it! Besides the food, wine and some more presents this year saw the introduction of the Nintendo WII and the family engaging in some heated virtual tennis matches!

Traditional Christmas

For most of our lives we have celebrated Christmas in Bristol with our Nana. This year was the first time in many years that the whole family was back together for the traditional English Yuletide celebrations with delicious turkey & cranberry, roast potatoes and stuffing. Of course the crackers and paper crowns could not be left out either! Above my Nana, sister Melissa and her son Luca.

The White Cliffs of Dover

Since the opening of the Chunnel we have used it to get from France to England. This time, however, it turned out cheaper to go by ferry. It's just a 90 minute boat ride to the White Cliffs. Whilst waiting for the departure we had plenty of time to make touristic photos of our resident Chilean, my brother-in-law Cristian.

Back to Blighty

Today the long journey to England begins. First an eight hour flight to Amsterdam, a quick dash home for a shower and then by car to Bristol. I'll be travelling with my sister Daisy and my two brothers-in-law Martijn and Cristian. A traditional road trip!

No Trini weekend

My friend Cati from Trinidad, who I haven't seen in three years, planned to come to Paramaribo this weekend. It had taken some doing to get the weekend off work (she works for an engineering company and does a lot of work on offshore platforms), but the idea was to arrive tonight and go back on Sunday night. Unfortunately Cati arrived back on land later than expected and consequently arrived at the airport a bit later, albeit on time to check in.....Or so she thought. Despite being at Piarco Airport an hour before take-off, she was not allowed to board eventhough she only had hand luggage.