Thursday, 23 October 2008

MILO, 真好!

今天,好像很多东西纪录...

带来的500克milo,今天终于“开张”了...

因为,今天真的很冷...死heater又病了...
所以,想泡热热的milo来喝,+上冰箱里的半脂鲜奶,让我整个身体暖和许多啊!

老实说,好像没有在这里看到milo,没什么注意到...
下次再去看看好了...

MILO, 真好!

很好,本小姐今天很内疚,没有用工读书+做功课
上网找资料...找...spain的机票和圣诞节...

今天的重点结论是:
Uk christmas is much more happening and commercialised than Spain.
5 jan is more happening than 25 Dec in SPAIN!
Ryanair.com one way to Barcelona costs 26pounds on 5 Jan!!

^^这两天皮肤严重脱皮,尤其是嘴角和下巴,吃饭讲话都辛苦! @_@

Appendix:

Christmas in Spain
If you are planning to spend Christmas in Spain then you are in for a treat so long as you are going to stay into the New Year. In Spain the traditional day for celebrating is not the 25th of December but the night of January 5th when the Three Kings come into each and every home and leave presents for the children in the fireplace. The 25th December is a public holiday and some children now have a Papa Noel that comes to them then too but the main celebrations in all the towns and homes are on the night of January 5th. If you cannot stay in Spain until then, you will miss out on the major part of Christmas here.
On January 5th as it begins to get dark each town will have a major procession going through it and all the children line up on the edge of the road to watch the arrival of the Three Kings. They arrive on horseback or camel and as the floats go by sweets, rather hard ones usually, are thrown by the children and adults on the floats to all the people lined up on the streets. Children bring cones and bags to fill as the sweets pour or bounce onto the pavements. It is a wonderful 30-45 minutes for the children and afterwards the adults usually go in search of a tapas bar where children are of course welcome ( this is Spain!) and the rest of the evening is passed away merrily.
On the day of the 6th it is a public holiday and the Spanish have a feast of seafood, ham and a traditional cake made of almonds, sugar, flour and turron.
Christmas in Spain is far less commercial than in the UK. The streets will hang out lights but only the larger stores will go to any great effort to decorate their windows with festive Christmas trees and reindeer. Families do not put out lights outside their homes as they do in the UK, the whole thing is far less “twinkly.” If you hate the commercial side of Christmas in the UK then spending Christmas in Spain is a good choice. Personally I miss the “twinkle” and the big build up but I just LOVE Christmas so I bring the “twinkle” here and hang out everything and anything on my balcony and my tree still goes up at the end of November.
Crackers, cards, mince pies, Christmas cake, turkey, baby sausages, festive paper, real Christmas trees are all hard to find here in Spain. If they are important to you bring what you can over with you. If you are staying near Gibraltar, perhaps on the Costa del Sol then you can always do a quick drive over there ( don’t forget your passport) and stock up on treats at the supermarket there. You will find some Spanish supermarkets sell turkey and mince pies, but only in areas that have a high density of ex-pats living there. Better to be on the safe side and pack a few extras in your suitcase.
For me the best solution is to spend Christmas in the UK and then whilst everyone is depressed at the thought of more cold weather and long queues at the shops during the sales I head to Spain for the wonderful celebrations of the Three Kings and usually warm sunshine. I get my fix of sales on the 26th and by the 27th I am ready to spend the next Christmas in Spain. Two Christmas’ each year. What a perfect life!

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