We arrived in Seattle the 23rd of December. Driving in Seattle is driving you crazy, so we had a hard time finding the B&B where Raingirl and Blackjack stayed. It was on 22nd Avenue, but it turned out to exists a number of 22nd Avenues, not to mention 22nd Streets too. Raingirl was kicked out from her apartment during the holidays, that is some kind of American thing to close campus apartments during breaks. Her family was visiting for the holidays and they will travel to Chicago and NY when we go to Vancouver.
The first thing we did, even before taking a shower, was going to the movies and watching Avatar 3D. It's the first time I ever saw a 3D movie, so it was amazing. The movie will get an Oscar for best special effects, for sure, but the story was not particularly interesting, it was about a colonial force trying to subdue the native people and get the natural resources of a planet. The skin color of the natives was blue, but might as well have been red.
I had to buy new warm clothes, because of course I didn't bring too much winter clothing when moving to California. The number of long sleeved shirts I had could be counted on the fingers of one hand, now I have two more and might survive the winter in Vancouver.
On Christmas Eve we exchanged some gifts, I got peace symbol earrings, a necessary accessory for a red dread head and then had a Christmas dinner at a fancy seafood restaurant. It was no white Christmas, in double meaning. For Hippie, Blackjack and me, this is the first Christmas without our families. To be honest, it's not very much of a celebration, but still it's fun in an odd way. Since they don't have the same Christmas food here as back home, Hippie and I decided to make a proper traditional Swedish julbord in the VW bus. We went grocery shopping yesterday morning: herring, ham, sausages, beef for the meatballs, rice for the rice porridge, whipping cream for the candy. And Blackjack brought the spices we need to make hot spiced wine, glögg.
It will be legendary, I'll keep you tuned.
From all of us, to all of you, we wish you a
The first thing we did, even before taking a shower, was going to the movies and watching Avatar 3D. It's the first time I ever saw a 3D movie, so it was amazing. The movie will get an Oscar for best special effects, for sure, but the story was not particularly interesting, it was about a colonial force trying to subdue the native people and get the natural resources of a planet. The skin color of the natives was blue, but might as well have been red.
I had to buy new warm clothes, because of course I didn't bring too much winter clothing when moving to California. The number of long sleeved shirts I had could be counted on the fingers of one hand, now I have two more and might survive the winter in Vancouver.
On Christmas Eve we exchanged some gifts, I got peace symbol earrings, a necessary accessory for a red dread head and then had a Christmas dinner at a fancy seafood restaurant. It was no white Christmas, in double meaning. For Hippie, Blackjack and me, this is the first Christmas without our families. To be honest, it's not very much of a celebration, but still it's fun in an odd way. Since they don't have the same Christmas food here as back home, Hippie and I decided to make a proper traditional Swedish julbord in the VW bus. We went grocery shopping yesterday morning: herring, ham, sausages, beef for the meatballs, rice for the rice porridge, whipping cream for the candy. And Blackjack brought the spices we need to make hot spiced wine, glögg.
It will be legendary, I'll keep you tuned.
From all of us, to all of you, we wish you a
Merry
Christmas!
Christmas!
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