The festive season has begun here with a vengence!
Last weekend we hit the markets and picked out our Christmas tree and decorations. With so many to choose from it was a hard decision but rest assured my tree looks like true Martin family tradition...although China does not celebrate it sure knows how to prepare with boxes and boxes filled with tacky Christmas cheer!
This weekend I attended the Wuxi International Club's Christmas party. I couldn't believe how many foreigners live in Wuxi, most of them I have not seen before. Granted, most of them are families with wee children, it was something different to do but I am not sure I will be doing it again in a hurry.
The big Christmas shop was done yesterday in preparation for the holiday season and I had a big box of goodies arrive from NZ on Friday, filled with lots of little gifts from Mum, Dad, Justin and Katie. It really made my week and I think that it really started to hit home that I won't be home for Christmas. It is helped by a Christmas tree with sparkly lights and lots of little gifts of love underneath it thou!! At the moment we are in the process of finding somewhere to celebrate the day - most foreigners here are European and they celebrate on Christmas Eve instead.
One thing that will make the Christmas season a lot less lonely is that David will be arriving on Boxing Day all the way from Germany for 10 days. We plan to venture down to the South of China to the warmer climates (it was -2 here yesterday), beautiful scenery and a converted farmhouse on the Lashi Lake. It has boating, horse riding, Yak plateaus and Lijiang the nearby town has the best preserved old town in China with Naxi people, a small minority group here. I can't wait to get away and we will stop by Chengdu to see the Pandas on the way through. Very exciting!
Only 2 weeks until Christmas holidays!
Love you all lots,
Arohanui,
Love Amy xo
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