Though there was no turkey. And I was the only (half) American present. It was a good Thanksgiving. Our first in Chongqing, and our first dinner party in the new apartment. Menu was : 2 roasted organic herbed lemon chickens, creamy carrots, truffle mashed potatoes, big green beautiful salad, and mushrooms sauteed in butter, garlic, and fresh oregano (I miss my Cuban oregano plant in Chicago). Before dinner there were appetizers (deviled eggs, cheese(s), salami, olives, nuts, aperitifs), and our new friends were all lovely and so sweet with their first Thanksgiving experience. We stayed up til' midnight and the food was gobbled up so all in all = a spectacular evening! It feels good to be making friends and settling in here. We both missed everyone in the U.S. - both friends and family, terribly. I don't think either of us realized how much we love Thanksgiving until we were no longer in a place where it is celebrated to eat too much, make a big fuss, drink good wine with good people, and all the other fun bits that go with this holiday. S missed deep frying the turkey. I can't bake (and he didn't have time) so there was no pumpkin pie or pecan pie, but our friend did make a delicious key lime pie! All the missing aside and in the spirit of what it is supposed to mean, we were thankful for our new friends and this amazing opportunity and experience we are having here in China.
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