Tenille and Zane's Overseas Adventures: CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS

For our big, first Canadian Christmas, we all decided that we’d splash out and get lots of delicious foods and beverages and celebrate with a big dinner at home. Our plans for ribs and turkey and salads and roast veggies and delicious desserts were sadly quashed. When we got our act together on Christmas Eve and went to get the groceries, Fernie was a closed-down ghost town. We had, of course, left it to the last moment and we arrived at the Save-On Foods just as the last customer was leaving and the lights were being turned off. It was the same story at Overwaiteas supermarket as well. Feeling dejected, we were about to the leave the parking lot when we noticed lights and movement at the liquor store. Well, if we couldn’t eat, at least we’d be able to drink!

We stocked up on Corona’s and stopped in at the stop’n’shop on the way home to pick up some nutritious corn chips and salsa and our Christmas Feast was complete!

On Christmas day, Zane and I went to work and Robyn and Adam hit the slopes for some boarding. When the day was done, we all headed home and opened our presents! It was fun, with everyone being delegated Santas to hand out gifts one at a time so we’d all get to watch each one opened. We started our assault on the Corona’s and pondered what to do for dinner.

Luckily, a Christmas miracle was just around the corner. Adam’s friends from work invited us around for dinner. They are an Aussie couple and they were very appreciative of our festive contribution of 2 cartons of beer and a baking dish. We had steak and potato bake and it was deeeelicious. It was really nice to hang out and reminisce on old times back in Aus.

We had also contributed some egg-nog, which we had managed to pick up somewhere along the way. Now, my least favourite things in life are raw eggs and milk. Those two things combined is like a nightmare for me. Needless to say, I was reluctant to give it a go. Even the huge amount of Appleton Estate rum that was added couldn’t quash my fears. However, being Christmas, and having already consumed quite an amount of Corona’s, I accepted the glass. I managed one sip before the gag reflex threatened to overtake me. I couldn’t do any more after that. I don’t think anyone really enjoyed the egg-nog experience, but they all managed to drink a lot more than me.

We were at a complete loss of what to do on New Years. It seemed that us and our friends were reluctant to make a decision. We eventually decided at around 10pm that night to check out the pub at the hostel but alas, our dilly-dallying had resulted in a over-filled pub and a denial at the door. Robyn and Adam headed off to a friends’ party but as Zane had been working the past 14 days and I had indulged a little too much the night before, we headed home and were asleep five minutes into the New Year. Party animals!

Much Christmas love and best wishes to everyone for 2011,
Z and T.

Christmas Eve Bevvies!