Christmas

In Belgium it is snowing and cold... In Australia it is warm, but raining all the time. Unfortunately also with Christmas. I was looking forward all year to celebrate christmas on the beach with a christmas hat... it didn't happen :-( Rain rain rain. I am jealous of the white christmas in Belgium!

Although all the students @ Bond were in holidays since the last week, PhD students have to work. So I worked all last week, which is hard when everyone you know has holidays!

Friday afternoon we went Christmas shopping. Friday night, I prepared the Christmas table with Gabby, our new house mate from Mexico.

The table

The Philadelphia snowman

Gabby & Jessie

Then it was time to start cooking! I skyped with my mother the day before to ask the recipe for prawns with garlic butter sauce and parsley. It was very exciting because it was the first time I cooked it and most of you will know that I am not a kitchen princess... But: it was delicious! 

Me cooking!

Mmmm

The main course was a big peace of ham cooked in the oven with pommes croquettes. 

At 3am it was time for the desert. Crepes with fruit and vanilla ice. 

It was a great Christmas party! However, I have to say I missed my family :-) because Christmas = family night...

So at 3.30am Australian time, 6.30pm Belgian time, I skyped with my family back home who just arrived at their destination! I was very happy to skype with my aunt, uncle, parrain, cousin and parents!!! It was weird to skype at the end of my evening, while they still had to start their christmas diner.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

-xxx-

(I always hoped to make christmas pictures on the beach... but it was not possible because of the rain!)

Something else:

Last weekend Laureen, our French roommate went back to France after 3 years in Australia. On Saturday we had a big "end of the semester" party in the house which was good fun! On Sunday night, we went to Brisbane with Laureen and Gabby and we had dinner in a fish restaurant where the cousin of Laureen works. The food was amazing! Delicious.

Charly, Lilly, Gabby, Laureen, Phil and Vlad (Laureen's cousin who works in the restaurant)

Laureen with her fish :-)

Phil and Vlad

After the diner we went to the airport to say Laureen goodbye. It was a good evening!

All the best in Paris and New York Laureen! We had a great time with you in the house and we miss you already!

Bisous

Jessie & Phil