14/12

No avoiding it, our tour here is definitely drawing to a close. Friday we did a fare-well beer party for Willy's colleagues. 12-15 people showed up, and we had a very cozy evening sitting outside Harris's Bar, most drinking beer and some just soft drinks, depending on their preferences.

Saturday evening we went out to the East Cost with a british couple, he is one of Willy's colleagues in Switzerland, to enjoy some sea food. Back at the hotel, we went to the bar for a good-night drink. The bar also seems to serve as the local dancing parlour, it is amazing to see people doing ball-room dancing - and they look very serious abut it. We just find it fun to watch. In our opinion certainly much more fun than watching the big TV screen showing some boring English Premier League football game.  

Sunday was spent mostly doing the chores, we had to do the washing so that we have some clean clothes for our Australia trip. And in any case it was raining, so we wouldn't have ventured out anyway. Only late afternoon did we go out. We took the bus to Orchard Road to see the Christmas lights. One mall advertised snow with their Christmas tree, and we just had to see that. It turned out to be foam, but the kids had fun playing in it, and then they didn't have to put on warm clothes.

Negotiating the sidewalk on Orchard Road during our return walk to Beach Road was difficult even though the sidewalks are very wide. Several groups was entertaining, some singing and others did an acrobatic show - and there is all the Christmas decorations. So there were a lot of people taking pictures of one another next to the decorations. It seems that everybody was out and about. A strech that normaly takes 15 minutes to walk took over 1 hour!

And it is still warm, though wet, so we also decided to take the bus back, instead of walking as we normally have done.

And Jane finally found proof that SwissPost is indeed operating in S'pore.