Wot no sherry!

Christmas Eve

I suspect this is going to be Christmas with a difference. In fact I'm sure.

Over all we have had a fairly quiet day by our standards, no rushing around tourist attractions.  We had a little rain early in the morning but became a scorching day of over 30 degrees.  Fortunately it cooled again later in the evening.

In the morning I went shopping with Marg to the nearby supermarket.  We spent far too long criss- crossing the supermarket to buy the food we needed for a Cypriot Salad and a BBQ.  We also visited the 'bottle shop' to get some Christmas booze.  I don't know if i have previously explained that most supermarkets don't sell alcohol in Australia.  It seems strange.  The Cypriot salad is going to be interesting. 

After lunch we braved the sun to go to a hipster area on Brunswick Street.  We have got a preloaded travel card for Melbourne and as we got on the tram Janice decided to throw her card into the gap between the tram and the platform!  Of course it was accidental.  Marg told us of the dire consequences if the Inspectors got on the tram but we got away with it and had to buy a new card.

Xmas looks a bit different doesn't it.  I didn't know Santa had a Japanese helper?

This was in Rose Street market.  Mainly jewellery and girlie stuff on sale.

This is Brunswick Street.  We had a drink in an old bar on the street...only coke, we are saving ourselves for later.

We travelled back and scoured the tram track to find the travel card Janice had lost.  Fortunately we found it untouched.....that is a first Xmas present indeed!

In the evening Paul and Kathy came round to Marg's and Paul did the BBQ, Sian and Marg did the Cypriot Salad and Kathy did a superb potato salad that involved bacon and eggs!  I did nothing...I'm not used to being a guest.  I'm usually doing the food or something.

The Christmas tree has photos of friends and family attached to the baubels and we were honoured to be included on the tree.

Josh and Sian are the two lower piccies.

Full selfie of everyone.  We played the Aussie national anthem....'I come from a land down under' by Men at Work.

But there was no sherry?  No carrot for Rudiolf either?  No mince pie for Santa?

The food was great.  We managed a few drinks too.  We celebrated at midnight and went to bed.  More to come tomorrow.