Merry Christmas! My Day

hey guys! It's Boxing day here, at 11.14 am and im should really go to work.. but bollocks to that! Thats right, i said bollocks.. its quite the humourous word if you say it in anger and it makes everyone laugh.. try it one time.. anyway..

I'd thought id throw in a quick blog and tell you about my xmas.. by the way, Merry Christmas to all of you who i didn't send an email to..

My christmas started at christmas eve to tell you the truth, as it was very quiet in the pub. we had planned to go to midnight mass at Westminster Abbey, but with the rosters being altered, we were unable to go.. we were actually meant to work untill midnight, but steve worked until 1pm in the afternoon, and me untill 6pm.

We had a few drinks with the Portuguese crew (who i actually found out are Brazilian.. and they speak Portuguese..) and went to Westminster at about 10pm. Thanks god we left so early, as we were amongst the last into the church.. and the line was bloody long.. excuse my french, but it was! the service went without a hitch, and the choir was magnificant. if your every in london, over xmas, i highly recommend going to see this holy event..

after that, we walked home, as there was no public transport operating.. (in case you dont know, london has a public transport system like no other.. you can get a bus...anywhere.. every 10-20 minutes.. and thats if it busy.. it really is second to none, and no wonder why Londoners rely very heavily on their public transport) so we did have about a half-an-hour walk home.. which wasnt to bad either, as it wasnt too cold.

we got into bed at about 2.30, and i got the lovely surprise of the 'van baar' side calling me, or, to all of you at home.. mum's side of the family.. talked to them for a bit and slept untill 12 midday.

we got up, and started cooking our feast. We had Don (the other Aussie) Matt, Maira Steve and I, and the French pigdog Guill, (he has given me consent to call him that, dont stress :P) and we cooked potato, beans, pumpkin, parsnip, and roast chciken. it was a meal like no other! i ate better on that day than all other days in london put together..

we sat down, drank a bit, watched the grinch, harry potter and monsters inc, drank some more then decided to go out to one of the pubs that was open..

we wlaked into town, about 30mins walk, and found out the the pub wasnt actually open.. as it was proclaimed in our local magazine.. We walked around for another half an hour.. discovered that no pubs were open, and walked home for some more drinks and a game of poker..

the main positive to come from the night is that i actually found a bouncy ball on the streets of london.. i have no idea where it came from, but it was fun for the 20 minutes before i lost it! some choice words were said then too...

all in all it was a great day, some time well spent bonding with some new mates and some great people too. it didnt even come close to christmas at home, but it was a great day. to all who read this, happy belated christmas and a prosperous new year to you all!