Dec 31 - Grims Dyke Wedding

After two weeks in the Middle East with kosher and/or halal dietary restrictions, we have the temptation of a full English breakfast this morning. On one hand, there’s four thousand years of religious dietary laws possibly passed down from the creator of the universe. On the other hand, bacon.

The afternoon brought the initial reason for starting this trip in the first place, the wedding of my cousin Paul to the lovely Claire. 

The evening was a combined wedding reception and New Year's Eve party. Being exhausted after two weeks of adventure touring, we found that we weren't going to make it to midnight without a rest and ended up sneaking back to our room for a two-hour evening nap, returning at 11:30 though with considerably little spring in our step. I'm afraid that the Canadian contingent were not the life of the party and did not represent our nation well.

Happy 2015 everyone, and congratulations to Paul & Claire.