We celebrated the last hours of 2015 sitting
by the beach, overlooking the ocean
watching this amazing one hour fireworks display.
Drank some champagne and marvelled at the music, the sounds
of ocean and what a wonderful year it has been.
Wishing our family and dear friends a
Happy New Year!
This used to be the old railway hotel.
It has been meticulously updated and well cared for.
It has the most amazing topieries that are grown and pruned here
on the grounds and decorated with fairy lights.
The high tea was wonderful, sharing it with friends who
introduced us to this place, was a bonus.
Centara hotel ( Web site photo)
Where we had tea.
Snow fell in Vancouver in time for
Claire to celebrate her 5th birthday.
I am so happy that Jeremy and Julie love the outdoors at all times of the year and have instilled love that with Claire.
Happy birthday to our sweet little girl.
You are our hearts delight.
It is wonderful to take you laundry to the laundress
and the next day you get
all of your clothes back, laundered, folded and ironed.
Jim could get used to that.
160 THBT = 6.15 CDN
Then out to avenue 88 for lunch or dinner
I had the Indian Lamb Marsala, (oh my it was delicious)
Jim had a chicken kabob plate and an ice cream Sunday for dessert.
I had the wonderful mango sticky rice.
The Cicada Market was filled with amazing lanterns
hung in trees and big ones all around the grounds.
It is an wonderful sight to see.
The food they serve is varied and simply the best cooked
fresh right in front of you.
Claire spent this Christmas in Victoria with Julie's family.
Together with Julie's parents, her brother and his wife,
they had a very special guest, Julie's Nana who is 102.
I am so glad Claire has this as her heritage and family tradition.
Jeremy and Julie included us by streaming videos so we could see
Claire open her gifts live.
What a happy occasion this was for the whole family.
Being away from home means being open to new ways of celebrating the holidays.
It is Christmas Day here in Hua Hin, Thailand.
I was up early to enjoy the quiet that surrounds us in the mornings.
Our friends Sharon and Graham
made us these wonderful cakes and cookies for Christmas.
This Christmas has been different and perfectly lovely in it's own way.
Merry Christmas to our family and dear friends.
Christmas breakfast as well as a gift of hand made crocheted
pot holders from my new Norweigan friend,
Mona.
We were invited with friends for a traditional
Christmas Dinner,
complete with turkey and all the trimmings.
Delicious!
Santa rolled in on a motor bike much to the delight
of the crowd of families with smaller children.
The food, the atmosphere and meeting all kinds of new
people was wonderful.
Before dinner we went for a walk in the fishing village
that is close to us,
Takiab.
Here are a few photos I took along the way.
Dagmar
