Thanksgiving Dinner, December 1

We invited 8 friends to join us on Saturday, Dec 1 for a Thanksgiving afternoon meal, done potluck style. Everyone contributed a dish, and one friend even brought the needed extra plates, cutlery, and wine glasses! Since it was a lovely afternoon, we sat outside in the back garden behind our building. Our next-door neighbor, Mrs Bell (who looks out for us), also loaned us six folding chairs and some casserole dishes.

Yes, we were even able to have turkey, since they’ve recently begun being imported from the US and Brazil for the holiday season. This was Jul’s first time preparing a turkey (thanks for the tips, Mum!), and we’re happy to say that it was a success. Since we can’t get all the same ingredients here, we didn’t follow a ‘traditional American’ menu, but we stayed true to the ethos of coming together for a meal, having some time to reflect on the year, and enjoying each other’s company. We even went for a brief jaunt around the neighborhood between the meal and the pie!

(setting the table in our garden)

(the 10 of us around the table - you can see the windows of our flat in the background)

(meandering around the neighborhood on a post-dinner stroll)

(the 9 of us - minus Randy - front left to right are Heather, Jim, Jul, Tulani, Vuyi, Tanya, Mark, Blanche, and Fritz)