Merry Christmas!

Tree or boat?
Turkey or pork?
The Greeks, masters of indecision, have both!

oh and of course lamb is thrown in too!
( The Greeks traditionally decorate boats and eat pork for Christmas!! )

I am in Greece again! The sun was out yesterday for me, but today I found out much to my disappointment that it rains over here!! I am now just waiting for the snow! Orestes arrived to attend his graduation and almost immediately after decided it was a good idea to chuck up the entire contents of his bowel and more....not nice! I just felt so helpless! We then got into London to get some last minute shopping done and went to the Marc Newson exhibition at the Design Museum. I also managed to get some dim-sum in my belly before I caught the plane to Greece. Upon on arrival i went through the usual passport checks which as usual took ages, though this time with Orestes's help we found out WHY it takes them so long! As it turns out they check my passport for visa, then try to search for me in their worldwide criminal database. Now, in this database they can only search for my by name OR date of birth. So it takes the guy ages to troll through 760 names that are similar to mine ( I guess it brings up names with Chan Chieh )....when the guy got to the October section he laughed and told me there is a guy out there with the SAME name and the SAME D.O.B and he has already killed 3 people!!!!!! YES it is a spooky coincidence! I AM a girl and never had a sex change!!

I received my first Christmas card yesterday, which prompted me that I really should start sending cards! But hey, instead I am opting for the easy and cheap option which is to upload what would have been my Christmas card to everyone here...and just wish everyone Merry Christmas!! I took the picture when I was in Sweden last year, and I hope I will get a white Christmas again this year! Only 3 days left at work...then its HOLIDAY!

Ahh....The temperature has dropped low enough to create the right atmosphere for the Christmas market. The combination of smell from the mulled wine and Christmas tree is just unbeatable, and definately gets me into the holiday mood. I just need to sort out my Christmas shopping list for when I go to London. Only 6 more working days for me!!