I can't believe we are closing in on 5 months here... wow. We had a nice Christmas Eve and Christmas - not without some homesickness, but it was nice. Christmas Eve we joined 3 other families at a great Italian Restaurant for a yummy and festive early dinner/late lunch. We walked around downtown a bit as the lights are as magical as they were when first lit 5 weeks ago!! We made some cookies for Santa and hung out the rest of the evening.
Julia lost one of her front teeth so she was coming off a night from Tooth Fairy and headed into night with Santa - fun times!
We had a nice morning opening gifts and eating breakfast. One of the families that we were at lunch/dinner with and we will also be with during our ski vacation in Feb invited us over to their home for Christmas dinner. This caused a bit of an argument with Eric and I (unfortunately) because I felt funny having been invited 'late' and not wanting to intrude. But the 'men' thought it was just fine, so off we went about 2:30 on Christmas day. These folks are some of the nicest we have met here (or anywhere) and welcomed us and another family into their flat for an incredible dinner. She is Scottish and a fine cook and he is Italian. They are SO fun and we had a wonderful time. It was fun to eat some of the dishes that they would have growing up in Scotland and Northern Italy. Another great thing about Europe is the way people eat slowing, many courses etc... So different and fun. We had beautiful starters and then a soup followed by a main course. Funny thing is, it isn't that it gets more 'fancy' neccessarily. We plan to adopt this tradition when we come back, so get ready for some longer meals at the Smith house :) hee hee
Oh, I guess that means I will have to learn how to cook. :)
Today we headed iceskating to try out Julia's new ice skates and then to see Narnia. There are 2 english speaking movie theatres here and we alll really enjoyed seeing a movie.
Eric is off one more day and then he heads back on Tuesday - it has been very fun to have him home all week.
I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!
You are blessed! How nice to enjoy the holiday with friends. We miss you terribly.
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