This year we spent Australia Day, 26th January, in Waverton.
Fredrik and Erin came and joined us for brunch, followed by a trip to the city. This trip was to greet a Swedish guy, Mats, who has walked from Stockholm to Sydney, whom Jessica heard about at a party the weekend before. He wrote about his trip on: the-walk.se
Later in the afternoon we played Kubb outside our house before dinner at home.
Xmas was celebrated on Xmas eve in our place in Waverton with all the kids and Erin.
Julafton firades hemma hos oss i Waverton tillsammans med alla barnen och Erin.
Started with afternoon tea, including yummy xmas cakes, followed by presents that had been waiting under the tree. After this we all watched the traditional ‘Kalle Anka’ (from a few years back) and translated for Erin.
Vi började med julfika med en massa julgott och sen paketutdelning, paketen hade legat klara under granen ett tag. Efter detta tittade vi alla på ett avsnitt av Kalle Anka (från några år sedan) och det direktöversattes till Erin.
Xmas dinner was nice and we had both homemade Glögg and two different homemade snaps. Fredrik had made a yummy Xmas version, with apple and cinnamon. This will be our new Xmas Snaps. The Glögg was eaten with Cranberries and Macadamiens, again a new version for Aussie xmas (we had run out of Raisins and almonds).
Julmiddagen var trevlig och vi hade både hemgjord Glögg och två olika hemgjorda snapsar. Fredrik hade gjort en mycket god med äpple och kanel, den blir vår nya jul snaps. I glöggen hade vi torkade tranbär och makademien nötter, så det blev lite extra Australienskt (det var slut på russin och mandlar hemma).
A great day had by all. Vi hade en fantastisk dag.
Xmas day was celebrated at Erin’s family in Hornsby heights, a lovely lunch followed by a quiet afternoon lazying around the pool.
Juldagen firades hemma hos Erins familj i Hornsby Heights, först en mycket trevlig lunch och sen en eftermiddag vid poolen.
Today, Oliver went sailing for the third time at MHYC, where he sails an optimist. He enjoys going and gives us many entertaining explanations of what they have learned and how you sail.
The weather this past week has been lovely and warm and today Niclas and Sanna went to Chinamans Beach when Oliver sailed – the beach is just around the corner from the boat club and Oliver sails just outside the beach. It was nice to see how far he has come. And we managed to get some lovely photos after having had a nice long dip in the sea.
On Friday, I, Sanna, started working again. A 6-month contract as Project Administrator at North West Transit Link – the office is in the city for another month and then moves out to Macquarie park. More on the project to come next week.