Only 2 days to go and I will be in France where my family will be waiting for me at the airport in La Rochelle, where I was born.
It has been a long time since I have spent a lovely Christmas with my family so I am really looking forward to spend some quality time with them. Even so very sadly my mum is no longer with us, we know that she will still be there in spirit.
As soon as I arrive in La Rochelle, the plan is to go shopping for a big Christmas tree so we can decorate it all together. It will be a very nostalgic moment and it will take me back to the previous childhood Christmas's when I used to go with my mum to chose our Christmas tree, this was so much fun for me…
I cannot wait for the 24th to arrive when we are going to enjoy a typical French ‘reveillon’ at around midnight, which is our tradition in France, and different to England where the main meal is usually on Christmas day. Our food will include oysters, prawns, ‘foie gras’, duck with chestnuts, delicious creamy French brie, and last but not least the typical French ‘bûche de Noël you cannot miss. You have the choice of either the ice cream one or the butter cream one which I must admit are both very delicious and I find it very difficult to decide which one to have so I think I will have a bit of both! And afterwards we will open our Christmas presents...