"Four seasons in one day,Lying in the depths of your imagination"
-Crowded House
Ahh, Christmas in the southern hemisphere. Sweet as. My parting gift from Bangkok was being shortchanged by a cab driver (are cabbies ever honest?!), and flew to Hong Kong, then Auckland, then Napier where I was pleased to se Kevin again. In good Kiwi style we headed straight to the workingman's club for some local brews and the meeting of countless friendly Kiwis.
Christmas in New Zealand featured many of the traditions and rituals from home with some delightfully notable exceptions: i) X-mas Day contains two full-on meals: lunch (turkey, ham, BBQ salmon and trimmings) and dinner (mostly same); ii) swimming in an outdoor pool, plus cricket with the kids, iii) numerous toasts and speeches. Met lots of great people, whose names I have already forgotten. No surprise there. I even pulled in some nice gifts of local wine, which, incidentally, is excellent.
Weather is clear and temperate today, just how I like it in winter. 
5 comments:
Great pictures.. enjoy the one with the "fast bowler" : ) Kids got a great arm. Not that i have played.. left that up to paternal unit.. he was a fast bowler for the West Indes.
PS: Pia, we watched New Zealand tie the West Indies in last night's 20/20 match!
lol... too funny as Thom was part of the WI team that played in the first tied test match in Australia.
That was in the days Sobers and Gibbs :) Sir Garfield Sobers... (have a funny story about him..)oh sorry did i mention that i grew up as a cricket brat : )
Ah, I found out that we misunderstood the results. NZ lost in a bowl-off (I think that's what it's called).
Not a cricket brat but hit a few good ones this afternoon, Thor
pps... the kid with the bat is terribly cute too! Hope he got a few centuries : )
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