They flew to Minsk

Well, there's a first; especially in this paranoid air-travel world in which we have lived since 2001...
...it was suggested we (I hesitate to use the word 'hijack') er... surprise our fellow passengers on their way with us from London to Minsk on Belavia with some carolling - it is in between Christmas and New Year for the Orthodox Church - and thus we gave our We Wish You a Merry Christmas &  Sleigh Ride to the assembled (entirely captive) audience...

Fun - oh yes... everyone appeared to be in the apposite Festive mood and no-one threw anything... so that was nice...

Look out for it on a Youtube near you... as many people filmed it.
There is a great deal of low level noise on an aeroplane, so goodness knows what it'll sound like!

We are out here to join our fellow vocal group, Camerata, in a Christmas concert tomorrow - certainly we have never done a Christmas gig in January before - tho' they possibly have! 
Lots of fun and we have met one, but will be great to see them all tomorrow.

Also we have a more serious lunchtime, under the auspices of the British Embassy out here...
Glorious... and an Embassy reception after all in the evening...

Scrumptious!

(We are busily practising our Russian...)