Last night we went to a friend's open-house for Christmas and met a whole lot of really nice people from the British Embassy. One of them was called Philip Owen (no joke!) from Wales. He is on the embassy staff here in Berlin. There is a bit of a 'boys night out' next week that I have been invited along to (I promised not to mention the Ashes...)
It was a lovely evening, and after a slow start this morning, we had a lot to do preparing for the arrival of Santa, and for Christmas Lunch with our friends. Lots of tidying, and Nicole did a heap of cooking and baking. Gingerbread, chocolate balls, Pavlovas.
Cameron wanted a restful day (after all the ice skating, cycling and sandy hills!) so he stayed in his pyjamas and played with Lego. Alexander wanted to go on a bike ride, even though it was a little drizzly. So he and I went for a couple of hours.
We rode through the Gruenewald forest to Schildhorn (on the Havel), and along the 218 bus route back to Theodor Heuss Platz (visitors will know this bus - its a great one for getting to the lake at Wannsee). It was about a 12 km round trip, and it was so quiet and peaceful in the forest, and the roads and bike paths were also really quiet. We had a really pleasant time and Alexander is riding really well and hardly needed a rest.
The boys are really excited about Santa coming and we have said that they can get us up at 7:00am for present opening. Alexander has tried to negotiate this to 6:45, or 6:50. Somehow I expect that our door will burst open close to 6am and the fun will really start!
It appeared that Santa and Rudolph were very happy with the supper as they left only a few crumbs, a splash of milk and the little end of the carrot - and there were lots of presents under the tree!
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