Honeymoon – Waiting for Santa

Ali finally gets a lie in, while I sat in the front room looking at the amazing view outside Matthew and Andy’s patio. Breakfast on the verrandah, then down to the harbour to take the ferry to Lyttleton, a very quaint village across the bay. The sea was the most gorgeous green, absolutely stunning. Elphaba swam in the sea fetching sticks. I had no idea that although the big earthquake was 2 years ago, there are still big gaps where buildings once were. It was a gorgeously sunny day, we sat on Santa’s lap, Matthew played the random piano based outside the healthfood shop and played Christmas carols. Back on the ferry, and back over to the house. We visited a friends house for a spontaneous afternoon tea, and I sat next to friends from…Bristol. On the way back, we sang Christmas Carols. Back at the house, the feast started. Matthew poached a whole salmon, Ali was in absolute heaven with salmon and scallops. We sang Christmas carols while Matthew played the ukulele. We stayed up until midnight, wished each other Merry Christmas, then waited for Santa to visit and pick up his whiskey, mincepie and carrot. When he visited, we pretended to be asleep… and he ate the mincepie and carrot!