Thanksgiving

Trip Start Aug 25, 2008
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Trip End Aug 25, 2009


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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Today Hannah and I went to a thanksgiving party on campus. There were around 100 people there and the ELC (English Language Center) sponsored the event. All the language teachers were brining food so Hannah and I made some apple pies. Five to be exact. I guess I never realized how long it can take to make a large quantity of pie. I pealed apples for about an hour and chopped for another hour before we had enough. By 4pm we had all the pies nice and cool and ready for travel. We did not have to be there until around 6:30 though, so we decided to take a nap.
5:50 our friend Peter calls us and says he needs our help with his part of the thanksgiving feast. He made a broccoli noodle casserole and said he was not going to make it on time. Hannah and I being the good neighbors that we are, packed up all of our pies and hiked over to their apartment on the fifth floor. When we arrived on the seen it was clear that Peter and Rachel did not have control of the situation. We were supposed to leave in about 15 minutes and they had just put their casseroles in the oven. We began to worry about transportation -as all of the dished were going to be very hot. I ended up going back to my house and getting oven mitts and a box of aluminum foil. This seemed to work well enough so we called a cab and got ready to go.
The cab driver could not have been happy with us. We were very crowded in and everything we were carrying was hot so all of the windows were completely fogged up. When we got to the guard station at the entrance to campus he looked in the cab and laughed and waved us on. (This was good because usually you have to show ID and I was carrying 3 apple pies and had no idea how to get to my wallet). Oh yeah, it was also raining.
We arrived on time and got everything set out and then the merriments ensued. We had a great time hanging out with everyone. There was nice complimentary wine, and so much food that it certainly felt like thanksgiving. It seems like in Turkey, almost all of the headaches are in the preparation and the travel, but once you arrive at your destination, everything is great.
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