Having spent last Christmas by a lake in Turkey, it was lovely to be invited and made so welcome by Georgie and her husband Philip's family. With a special mention going to Phil and Georgie's very cute and extremely mobile 13 month old son Thomas. His big smiles and impressive crawling have been quite a feature of our stay.
Spending Christmas when it is the middle of, an albeit wet, summer is still something of a novelty. To add balance we had the Danish traditions of Georgie's aunt Janchen, to give us a taste of the Christmas that we are more accustomed to. Having a proper tree with real candles was very special indeed. This was obviously offset by a braai (BBQ) and a generous amount of time spent in the pool.
The weather, although generally warm, hasn't always been conducive to getting out and about. We have still managed to visit a large farmer's market, swim in the Pepsi pools and enjoy a morning at the strawberry farm.
Everyone has been terrific and we are very glad that we made the decision to leave the bikes behind.
All that is left is for us to say a huge thank you to everyone and a very Merry Christmas and happy New Year to all of our friends and family wherever you are.
Take care all we hope you had a fantastic time love Matt, Debbie and a very Christmassy Toad.
Love the hat, Toad!
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