Yesterday Ceri held the Newcomers Easter Egg hunt at her house (about 2km from us).

A whole pack of Newcomers came with their children. Including us - Kat and Gemma have babysat for many, so the kids seem to love them. We were the first to arrive at 2pm, the egg hunt went well, and no I didn't run around trying to steal easter eggs of kids. I waited until they came within easy reach .

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Then Jason(Ceri's husband) and I discovered that easter cake and chocolate goes well with Chianti.  

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The afternoon comprised of the adults chatting about anything and everything, the kids were dressing up (girls), playing computer games, running around like headless chickens and generally having fun. Sometimes it seems as if we have known each other for years. Well to cut a long story short, pizza was ordered, Jason insisted on opening another bottle (Shiraz), which goes well with pepperoni pizza and it was dutifully emptied, and then we played sequence until 11pm ......  (exhausted look)

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Today we have been invited to Wendy's house for Turkey dinner. Ceri/Jason and their kids will be there too so another social get together of about 12people. We will be taking the turntable and records, apparently Wendy has a box full as well, so I predict an afternoon of reliving our youth. (now where did I put my flares and platform shoes?).

Tomorrow is a cross country skiing day to shed some of the lbs added binging on Chianti and chocolate.

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Next weekend we are busy with Saturday evening is Lunar Rogue pub night and Sunday we will be at Kings Landing for Brunch and Sugar Bush maple syrup event.

Add all that to our Thursday Pool and Pizza Night at Dooley's and you can see the social life of an expat is probably busier than our workdays. Now where did I put my Pink Gin ?