It's Christmas!

A Christmas message over Burwood,
Sydney

We woke up early on Christmas morning so we could wish our families back home a Merry Christmas (despite it still being Christmas Eve with them) but were disappointed to see that it was raining. Who would have thought that we’d travel to the other side of the world and it would still rain on Christmas? It did though, and it was torrential all day so no stereotypical Australian Christmas on the beach for us. Instead, we cuddled up on the couch and started a film marathon: Tangled; Rio; How to Train Your Dragon; and, Elf. It definitely cheered us up as we were missing our family and without the sunshine it was a bit of a downer. Never mind, we’ll do Christmas properly next year; surrounded by family and lots of presents to open (Nicola and I couldn’t afford to buy each other gifts this year – sad times). We received some Welsh souvenirs from my mum and dad so we wore them and it made us think of home and we were glad we waited until Christmas to open them as it did feel more Christmassy with a few gifts to open.

It's raining it's pouring...

Merry Christmas to all!