However, today has been a welcome break as we headed into the city this afternoon to have some time off and enjoy Singapore's beautiful Christmas lights. At 6pm we visited the 'Cathedral of The Good Shepard' for evening mass where we sang Christmas carols alongside hundreds of local people in the beautiful historical building. The streets and malls were packed with shoppers making the most of the Christmas sales as most of the population are Chinese and Indian and don't celebrate the holiday as we do - This means everything runs as if it were a normal day and as usual the consumers are definitely consuming as if there were no tomorrow!!
After a quick stop into and English style pub for a Christmas drink we headed to the Carrefour supermarket to pick up some Sushi take-away and back to the boat for a not so traditional dinner. We've found that being away from home on Christmas day makes it impossible to re-create that traditional feeling especially coming from two different countries and backgrounds, it's just not the same no matter how hard we try so we've decided - 'When in Rome do as the Romans do'- Last year we celebrated with an Aussie BBQ in Sydney, in 2006 it was a Colombian fiesta in Cartagena, we find it makes us feel a little less home sick and we get to enjoy some local treats in very different settings...so sushi in Singapore - Why not?
We'd just like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and hope that wherever you are and whatever your doing your having a great time. Our thoughts are with you throughout the miles that separate us and we hope all your Christmas wishes come true!!
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Blue Moon: Good job on your blog. I have been printing off portions of your blog as is good info on our up coming legs of our trip. We are two years behind you. Very few blogs have useful info like yours and waypoints of anchorages. Keep up good work and look forward to your trip through rest of Med. Hope it goes well for you. Brian on S/V Tagish
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