France-tastic

Wow, Christmas again!

After a massive shopping trip yesterday (Foie gras! Schnapps! Guinea fowl! Christmas beer!), Alex and I are well and truly already enjoying Christmas, which is set to go for a bit of a marathon session this year. Today is of course, swedish christmas, and we have just had a great lunch of christmas ham, little swedish prince sausage equivalents, boiled eggs with caviar, and of course some glögg! Tonight we are going to a friend's place for a bit of an expat christmas dinner, and then tomorrow we're having Christmas at home, with just the two of us, and we'll be breaking out into an international style extravaganza, including the above mentioned foie gras representing France, the guinea fowl putting a french twist on the classic australian turkey, and a few swedish favourites including Jansson's frestelse and some sill and nubbe! And on the 26th, Johan comes for a quick visit on his way to Brazil, so we'll be having a few more schnapps with him! Finally, on the 27th, one of my best friends here (Renée the Canadian, who is spending christmas in Sweden (?!)) is coming over to make us some specialties from Trinidad and Tobago where her parents are from!

So, merry christmas to all of you, and we hope that you all eat lots of great stuff, have some relaxing times with your families, and get some colourfully wrapped goodies under the tree! Here's what is under our "tree"! (Yet another shot of the Vioxx umbrella Margs!)



God jul! Merry christmas! Joyeux noël!