Lisbon by Night

 

 

Another one of my day-long flight scales :)

Christmas Time

Morning on the 23rd. On my way to my cooking session in Brixton. 

This is how the typical Venezuelan 'pan de jamón' looks on the inside.

And the outside, before the oven.

The Lion, my lovely local pub on Xmas eve.

A very late session of book shopping.

Church St. sunset.

At Rita's: pizza and Chevy Chase :)

Christmas day morning fogginess, my window and my epiphany that I desperately want to

move to house-house now.

American breakfast.

El Comandante. Rita's local pub.

The sun came out, the Off-Licenses were open. Perfect day.

Our improvised tropical Xmas Tree.

Some of the lights (before the mini-fire).

Waiting for the people. Chilling. Full stop.

What's left of Rita's card (after the mini-fire).

Our lovely Christmas dinner: turkey, stuffing, pork, mashed potatoes, gravy, roasted sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, and peas. Yumm!

A damson is a plum, in case someone is wondering.

My lovely brand new friends.

Christmas this year was very especial. It was my first Christmas in the UK and the preparations and celebrations lasted from the 23rd till the 26th and they were a really nice British, American, Venezuelan Colombian and Chinese mixture.

Hope next Christmas will be this fun again and Merry (belated) Xmas to you all! :)

Fake Plastic Pigs

A very important Christmas tradition in Venezuela is "aguinaldos". Workers of bakeries, parking lots, hot dog cars, dry cleaners, etc... buy a plastic piggy bank and decorate it in all sorts of ways to ask for money, their "aguinaldo" (a word that means both "Xmas song" and "gift"). Here are some of the "cochinitos" I bumped into this Xmas in Caracas :)

Is there a tradition like this where you live?

Merry Christmas

1. Coffee. In some places here in Caracas they are really good at making drawings with the coffee foam.

2. Gift masking-tape wrapping.

3. A Christmas toast with my mum

4. Cider. I'm trying hard to make it popular in this side of the world.

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you're all having the best of times :)

Send me a postcard

... drop me a line.

I love postcards. Looooove, and cards, and all stationary stuff really. That's why I made this new Treasury on my Etsy Shop. Have a look at the lovely cards and postcards I selected by clicking on the image, and if you're interested in buying something from my shop, you have until Monday, so I can go to the post office on Tuesday... if not, just go ahead and pay me a visit! :)

Dream a little dream of Christmas

Click on the photo to see my last Treasury List that is basically random stuff I fancy for Christmas. Click HERE to visit my Etsy Shop. I'll be open until Dec. 13 :)