We had planned to go to Darling Harbour for Xmas Eve drinks with some friends from the hostel but ended up staying in the communal kitchen drinking and being merry. We had a fantastic night and met some really nice people. We woke up on xmas day about 7am. I had a headache - not sure why - perhaps it was all the vodka I'd consumed the night before! Fran immediately suggested that we exchanged presents, so I grabbed them from the cupboard.
Fran had bought me a lovely picture of Sydney Opera House and the Harbour Bridge. She also got me a small xmas tree decoration (a koala with 'Sydney 2006' on it) to keep as a memento. A couple of days before I'd purchased some GHD hair straighteners, which came in a nice presentation pack with lots of GHD hair products. I wrapped up all the bottles separately to the straightners and bag. I purposely hid the bag so that Fran wouldn't be able to guess what I'd bought. I gave her all the little packages containing the products and waited until she had opened them all before bringing out the hair straigheners. She was delighted when she opened them and told me that she was wondering what on earth she was going to do with all the hair serums etc without any straighteners!
After the present opening and a small hang over breakfast we went back to sleep and were woken by my Mum on the phone to wish us a happy xmas. I was a little disoriented at first but it was lovely to chat to her and Rach.
At midday we jumped into a taxi and headed off to a restaurant we had booked a couple of days before, that overlooks Sydney Opera House and the Harbout Bridge. The meal and service was fantastic. I had "Cold Seafood Delicaies" (King Prawns, Moreton Bay Bugs, Oysters, Sea Scallops and Smoked Salmon) to start, followed by, prime fillet of beef and xmas pudding. Fran had, "King Prawn and Bowen Mango" to start, followed by traditional turkey and a chocolate truffle dome. All the drinks were included in the price too :-) Many thanks to Fran's parents for giving us some money to eat out. There are some photos of the meal on our flickr account if you'd like to see what we had!! Sydney Photos
We arrived back at the hostel about 3pm. There were quite a few people around in a festive mood so we joined in and had a few drinks. It was a little strange sat there in the sun on xmas day without our families, but it was tempered by the fact that we had met so many lovely people in a sililar situation to us.
We hope you all had/have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS, wherever you are in the world! Missing you lots and see you soon!
J&F x
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