Friday, December 28, 2007
Christmas in Adelaide.
We rented a little apartment near West Beach --Maggie and Norman were able to stay with us. Such a time we have had with the Percy family! (daughter in law, Karen's parents) They have shown us the most wonderful Australian hospitality. Christmas Eve found Peter and myself at St. Peter's Cathedral for the Lesson and Carol service... a most beautiful church with all the traditional music and carols sung by a good choir, then on to Christmas eve dinner with Lee and Annie(Karens sister)
Christmas Day starts at Joe and Maura Percy's house with a drop in at 10am with the neighbours and the neighbourhood children doing their version of the Christmas story. It is a lovely tradition. From a Canadian prospective this works because you can just pop over across the street for a morning drink and not have to worry about putting on the kids snow suits.
After the play was over and the neighbours head out, we then all began the start of a marathon lunch with all the Percy's, beginning with Damion(Karen's brother) special scallop recipe(involves lots of butter) then oysters and shrimp the size of small boats served with a most delicious seafood sauce secret ingredient being vanilla ice cream!
This is all washed down with copious amounts of great Australian wine(of course)
Along the way there are stops to have the four beautiful Percy grandchildren open presents, then ham and turkey and many other dishes, then more presents, then more food and so the day went. We rolled back to our rented apartment about 6pm..(an eight hour party!!!) and collapsed till we dug into the ham and turkey left overs we had been given in case we got hungry.
It was a great Christmas day and will always been remembered when we remember Christmas's past.
Lunch with Sue and Damion, a whole day wine tour of the Mclaren Vale wineries (spectacular)
and some golf for Joe and Peter,watching some filmsv(including a hysterical viewing of Caddieshake outside at the local golf course), good walks on the beach and then it was all to quickly, time to go.
Adelaide is a quite special little city(around one million people) and it is no wonder the Brits have discovered it
The week before we arrived the English morning talk show GMTV broadcast for a week from here, with hundreds on the newly emigrated in the back ground. It is not nearly as expensive as Sydney, miles and miles of beaches and one of the great places in the world for "foodies" We had great meals everywhere including pub grub. So if you are planning a trip to Australia, don't forget this part of the world.
We are off to Bangkok to meet with Mary and Norman. Karen has gone to Pakistan to cover Buhuttas funeral. Hopefully, her work will be done quickly and safely and our paths will cross sometime on this trip!
We missed Karen and Mary at Christmas, but the Percy family filled us up with so much food, great good cheer and good fun to make up for it. Thanks guys and g'day!
We rented a little apartment near West Beach --Maggie and Norman were able to stay with us. Such a time we have had with the Percy family! (daughter in law, Karen's parents) They have shown us the most wonderful Australian hospitality. Christmas Eve found Peter and myself at St. Peter's Cathedral for the Lesson and Carol service... a most beautiful church with all the traditional music and carols sung by a good choir, then on to Christmas eve dinner with Lee and Annie(Karens sister)
Christmas Day starts at Joe and Maura Percy's house with a drop in at 10am with the neighbours and the neighbourhood children doing their version of the Christmas story. It is a lovely tradition. From a Canadian prospective this works because you can just pop over across the street for a morning drink and not have to worry about putting on the kids snow suits.
After the play was over and the neighbours head out, we then all began the start of a marathon lunch with all the Percy's, beginning with Damion(Karen's brother) special scallop recipe(involves lots of butter) then oysters and shrimp the size of small boats served with a most delicious seafood sauce secret ingredient being vanilla ice cream!
This is all washed down with copious amounts of great Australian wine(of course)
Along the way there are stops to have the four beautiful Percy grandchildren open presents, then ham and turkey and many other dishes, then more presents, then more food and so the day went. We rolled back to our rented apartment about 6pm..(an eight hour party!!!) and collapsed till we dug into the ham and turkey left overs we had been given in case we got hungry.
It was a great Christmas day and will always been remembered when we remember Christmas's past.
Lunch with Sue and Damion, a whole day wine tour of the Mclaren Vale wineries (spectacular)
and some golf for Joe and Peter,watching some filmsv(including a hysterical viewing of Caddieshake outside at the local golf course), good walks on the beach and then it was all to quickly, time to go.
Adelaide is a quite special little city(around one million people) and it is no wonder the Brits have discovered it
The week before we arrived the English morning talk show GMTV broadcast for a week from here, with hundreds on the newly emigrated in the back ground. It is not nearly as expensive as Sydney, miles and miles of beaches and one of the great places in the world for "foodies" We had great meals everywhere including pub grub. So if you are planning a trip to Australia, don't forget this part of the world.
We are off to Bangkok to meet with Mary and Norman. Karen has gone to Pakistan to cover Buhuttas funeral. Hopefully, her work will be done quickly and safely and our paths will cross sometime on this trip!
We missed Karen and Mary at Christmas, but the Percy family filled us up with so much food, great good cheer and good fun to make up for it. Thanks guys and g'day!
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