Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We hope you all had a wonderful day and were able to share it with the ones you love! While nothing could compare to being at home with our families, we managed to have a pretty festive Thanksgiving halfway around the world.


The day started off when Jeff came home from work at about 9:00 am. He got a phone call from the front desk, but wouldn't tell me what it was all about. Then 20 minutes later there was a knock on our door, and a special delivery. Jeff brought in a box, and I knew it was some kind of sweet treat. I had just woken up, but the wheels were spinning and I was trying to figure out what it could be. Immediately I thought pie (based on the shape of the box). It clicked that it was Thanksgiving, and I guessed that it was a pumpkin pie. To my sheer delight, I was right!!! Apparently two other roadies had brought pie into work with them in the morning and Jeff asked them where they got it. They said the hotel, and Jeff ordered on from the front desk as soon as he got home. Without even bothering to get out of bed I devoured the first piece!

It was good, but it wasn't a traditional American pumpkin pie. As you can tell from the color it was more orange than brown. We decided we could make the pie better if we ran to the grocery store and picked up some spices and some whipped cream. We knew it would be asking too much for the store to carry the Pumpkin Pie spice, but we did grab some cinnamon and nutmeg. We got back home and immediately at our second pieces! MUCH BETTER!!!!
After that Jeff headed to bed for the day and I took a little nap with him. I woke up and spent the afternoon at the spa getting a massage! Jeff woke up later in the evening and we headed downstairs to one of the restaurants at our hotel. They were having the traditional Thanksgiving feast, and two of the roadies were nice enough to make reservations for the 16 of us! It may not have been family, but it was great to be at a big table with the people we've lived with for the last 6 months. (thanks to Angela for some of these pictures :))



How many times can you say that you've celebrated Thanksgiving with a Russian, a Brit, a Vietnamese, and two Venezuelans! And how many times can you say you celebrated Thanksgiving outside in a tropical paradise! For being 10,000 miles away from the US, the food was pretty good and pretty traditional! Turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, gravy, etc. (although no traditional stuffing, but beggars can't be choosers!).


We stuffed ourselves silly and had a great time! It was by far our favorite Thanksgiving away from home yet!