Cold and quiet on the outside but full of warmth and happiness in the inside - such was our first Christmas in London!
The day started off with a Skype call to my family. Irene and I had sent some gifts over and we had arranged to open the presents together today, as we have done every year, but this time through Skype. It was a happy affair seeing everyone open their presents, and happier still seeing them happy with what they got.
Next was a Skype call to Irene's family. They had opened their presents the day they received it so no presents to unwrap in this call but still a happy affair nonetheless.
Following the Christmas greetings and catch up with our families, which last over 2 hours, Irene got to work preparing our Christmas feast. I helped out whatever little bit I can and after another 2 plus hours, lunch was ready.
Being a feast, we had more than enough food than we could eat so after stuffing down as much as we could, we decided to go out and have a stroll around to see what London is like on Christmas day. We walked along the River Thames to Tower Bridge. It was a very nice walk, with many people doing the same. Around the Tower Bridge area, the odd restaurant was open and was packed with people donning the paper crowns in Bons Bons and having a great Christmas feast of their own, albeit a more expensive one!
As we were quite full from lunch, we decided to have a later dinner so after the walk, we headed back home for some TV before Irene had a nice bath, followed by a one last feast to round the day off.
To cap it all off, we had a traditional Christmas pudding done the English way - dug a hole on the top, poured in some cognac, and light with fire. The blue flame engulfing the pudding was quite a sight!
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