Hey everyone

Today was Christina's birthday!

Alex woke up early and rushed off to the kitchen, returning a while later with a selection of dishes for Christina's breakfast, including fruit salad with muesli and yoghurt. Next it was time for presents! Surrounded by balloons, she opened lots and lots of presents including two lovely bracelets, lots of chocolate, a flowery hairclip, and a gorgeous dress. She was very happy and as it was her birthday, as a special treat she was allowed to go back to sleep.

We thought about going for a walk but as it started to rain, we decided to make a feast for lunch instead. We had huge burgers complete with tomato, lettuce and onion. In the afternoon, Christina decided that she wanted a relaxing day so we had a lovely time lazing around by the pool, eating chocolate and fruit.

In the evening, we dressed up to go out for dinner, Christina of course in her lovely new dress. A Skype call later, we went to the nicest restaurant in town, as Alex had seen that it was curry night and he knew Christina had wanted curry for a while. We had a delicious feast of three curries each (okay, small curries), complemented by a glass of Semillon from the Hunter Valley.

Back at the hostel, Alex surprised Christina with a big chocolate cake complete with lots of candles, and a solo rendition of Happy Birthday. However, Alex's mild fever, which had been slowly developing, began to get worse. By the late evening he had a very bad fever, complaining he was cold despite his temperature being sky high. We got to sleep but both woke in the middle of the night due to Alex's fever, with Christina googling how to treat his temperature hoping he would be better by the morning. Xxx