Happy Christmas to everyone. It’s been a crazy few days here with the family. You know how it is.

Dad and Danai are getting more used to stuff, but they are still having some culture shock. Dad had full camera batteries yesterday and did nothing but take pictures of doors (fancy ones) on buildings and food. LOL it was amusing, but kind of annoying too since I’d be like ok we’re in a hurry… we have to be somewhere at x time. We really can’t dawdle. Oh well. It all worked out.

Had Brunch with friends yesterday – Dim Sum. It was cool.

There was a moslem, a hindi, a Jew, an athiest, a catholic (me), two jehova witnesses (dad & danai) and lots of fun. Now, if we can have brunch and go for a movie, how come we can’t solve World Peace?? Ahh sometimes I just wonder why we can’t see past the superficial and truly into the human heart.

After the brunch and a movie (Golden compass – so good ) Dad, Danai and I went over to checkpoint charlie. He really had wanted to go (could remember when it went up/down) and found it pretty interesting. We also saw the museum (I didn’t want to go inside the last time I was there since it’s 9.50 euros – I kind of figured that I’d wind up inside doing tours with fam/friends when they’re in town). and went through the history of the wall and the escapes that were recorded. Impressive that for the soldiers there, more weren’t killed trying to cross.

So, yeah, that was my Christmas – no presents, no religion -just friends and family and a nice time. 100 times better, and 99 times less stressful.

Guess that’s what Christmas is all about.

Here’s wishing you all world peace, and the opportunity to get together with friends and family.