We had a great time at Martin and Yvonne's house (Mum's cousins) in North Vancouver - only a 25 min drive with the help of the satnav. Although the side roads were a bit 'interesting' with 2-3ft of snow and no sign of the plough or gritter!
We had a lovely meal (proper english mini sausages for nibbles!) and also met Max (Australian geologist) and his wife Marilou - and there was the usually stories and catching up.
We finally left at 11.30 to go to midnight mass with me driving - unfortunately this meant that I managed to lose Max and Marilou as we were going to go to their church and we ended up at a local one with an Irish priest....
....1 hour and 30 minutes later we emerged from what has to be said was not the most uplifting experience in the world, especially compared to some of the midnight masses on the Island with the boys from the pub belting out Little Donkey at the top of their voices - or Lyndhurst were they have REAL donkeys in the church on Christmas Day! Plus miscommunication on the collection box so they got $30! Nuff said - Shaun v. unimpressed.
Got home around 1:30am and tried to make a few internet calls but unfortunately we had had a blackout during the night so the broadband was down.....sorry!
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