I've blogged about our Christmas party with friends. Now I shall blog about what K and I did over Christmas. We had anticipated for a quiet Christmas but it turned out not so quiet after all. In a nice way of course. Christmas Eve K and I decided to have a homely meal at home for dinner. Plus, everywhere else is closed anyway. What do we eat with the cold weather here? Something probably not too far off from my already familiar German-Tews tradition of raclette, we decided on hotpot! We had half day at work and I wasn't quite thinking like a local then because I suggested to K to attend the carol service at St Paul's Cathedral at 4pm. We met in the city and had a coffee and cake before slowly making our way to the cathedral at 330pm. We were so shocked to see a long snaking queue outside the cathedral, all the way round to the back! We were told that we would not be able to get into the cathedral from where we were in the ...