Escaping Christmas

Today is Monday, 21st December. On Saturday, Alan and I were planning to be here in our apartment on Christmas Day. I was planning to cook a traditional christmas dinner in our small and not-very-social kitchen. We went out and did a spot of christmas shopping...just a spot, after all it is just us this year. No family, no friends. Then on Sunday we were both feeling rather under the weather and spent a quiet day at home. And we got to thinking. Perhaps we didn't want to spend christmas here after all. I had not been motivated to christmas-up the apartment so it does not exactly look festive - we are honoured to have some lovely cards from family and friends and one small string of fairy lights that Alan found in a box and put up at the beginning of the month but that is it. And it's cold. OK, maybe that seems appropriate at christmas time, but it's the wrong sort of cold. It's not snowy or freezing outside with bright blue sky...in fact, outside it's about 12 degrees and very damp and overcast but inside the apartment it feels SO cold. You see, there is NO heating in the apartment. In Hong Kong they only install air conditioning. Not heating. I guess that tells you something about the weather here, but even so, for the 3 months or so that it is not ridiculously hot and humid, it is the sort of cold that chills your bones. I wish now that I'd brought my slippers with me from Canada. Funny thing is, I never wore them in Canada, the house was always warm and we had carpet throughout half of the house. I have not actually worn them since I was in the UK. Now I wish they were here. Slippers, I hear you cry! She is in Hong Kong, surely she does not need slippers...well, let me tell you, I do!

Anyway, I am getting way off the point. We took a moment to consider our options. We checked out our loyalty points, hotel and flight availability and before the evening was out, we'd booked ourselves into a hotel in Phuket for 5 nights and we leave tomorrow morning!

Those of you who know me, may be shocked by my impulsive behaviour... I know I am! We booked so late that we actually had to check in when we confirmed the flights!

So, no food shopping for me tomorrow...no menus to prepare...instead, an early flight to catch to an exotic location where I'm hoping they will cook christmas dinner for us! It may seem a rather extreme step to take to get out of cooking christmas dinner, but hey... we always said this year was All About Travel, and with trips taken in October and November so far, it seemed only natural to take a trip in December too! :-)

Merry Christmas to you All, I hope wherever you are and whatever you are doing, it is filled with love and good times.