Going Home
By Gabi. Filed in South Africa |
As I just heard the lady next to me say “It’s been lovely, but it’s time to go home now, 3.5 weeks is a long time”….. Really, should I tell her we have been underway for 4 months with a 10 day hiatus? Hey, I’m not complaining at all, except maybe the lack of Christmas. In the States, I was always annoyed of Christmas starting in October, but here how can you feel like Christmas with 90 degrees weather, no Christmas songs, and few decorations? Yeah, yeah, it’s supposed to be about the birth of Jesus and giving and not receiving(remember that, children!), and family. Now that’s IMPORTANT! But, I have been acclimated to the American, or should I say Western way for the last “x” years and I miss it! I can’t wait to get home, get the lights up outside, get my Christmas tree, get decorated inside, get a few presents, and wait for the family! Chevy Chase’s Xmas Vacation—- anyone of the family members, what do you think?Are you ready! Then it will be so nice to see friends again! We’ve met lots of new people, but we can’t call them friends, just acquaintances. In the background, in the British Airways Lounge, they ARE now playing Christmas music!!
Wow, they must have read my mind. Soon we will board the flight to London and then United Airlines will bring us HOME! I feel like a little kid anticipating the holiday………………….:grin: Remember Tom, I’ll be looking for you……..missed my Thanksgiving feast……..am so happy, we can be home for Christmas
Tuesday, December 14th 2004 at 5:02 am |
hey, sorry i haven´t written in awhile! have a safe trip home! i can´t wait to see you and make sure to get all your pictures organized before i get home:-) i saw chevy chase´s xmas vaca movie in german on TV the other day, but I suppose i can sit through it again for tradition´s sake:razz: Get the house all pretty – now that the Biberach Christmas market is closed there´s not much xmas spirit here anymore either (since germans find it too kitchy to put up lights on their houses.) And let me know what presents you want…christmas goodies are running out!
Tuesday, December 14th 2004 at 5:21 pm |
Glad you are coming home too
Hope you are having a good flight!