December 2011 Not The Chantier 2. Xmas 2011. Santa brings everyone the presents they want

So Finn, as you might imagine Xmas this year was much more fun than in many of our recent past. We had about 8 adults and 3 kids and everyone brought a contribution of food. We (that is your mum) did the turkey and the cake...both delicious.

But the baked beetroot and salades were excellent. You got really in to the whole event and may have wondered at the fun and games the adults got up to. I look forward to next years, this is fun. Santa certainly smiled at you...do you remember hauling up your sack of presents?

It was good to have so many people round and again I hope that one year we'll have family and friends from home over too. But as I've said, we've got good friends here now...and that's great too! Especially when they are inclined to play silly games like these!!

But of course the best part of Xmas was watching you. We'd built up the excitement..well mummy did most of that, cooking the turkey, making the cake, putting up the tree and the decorations. But you were so looking forward to Papa Noel coming, it was a simple joy...and then you woke up on Xmas day and ...well you were perfect....but to see that we'll have to be able to upload the video, which is proving difficult...perhaps it's own post, we'll see.

Anyway everyone else also loved Xmas...here's Richard and Vannessa looking beautiful...must have been early on!!!

Other Xmas goodies that happened over Xmas was that Tours Around Fez got it's first grown up clients. Mr and Mrs Stephenson, on honeymoon from Los Angeles spent a day with us having a very private and luxurious champaign lunch on Mt Zalagh before taking them on a walk across the mountain spine.

I think they liked it. Despite several calls for more clients, tbh we were both knackered and thus simply closed down. Yes there was money to be earnt, but it'll have to wait whilst we recharge our batteries. The main thing, as I keep on saying is, we've finished and now it's about us marketting the very good products we have. Bring it on!