Feasts!

The Rambows

The spread!
Last week was Thanksgiving. We expats decided it was important take some time off to celebrate on Thursday. For lunch I got together with the Pattersons and Rambows. They have kind of adopted me into their families. We all pitched in to make a traditional meal complete with turkey and stuffing (almost nonexistent here.) I bravely tried making the first pie I've ever made by myself from scratch. The homemade "pumpkin" pie turned out pretty well and was excellent with whipped cream. :)
the pie I made from cooking up a butternut squash

As if that wasn't enough, the ladies of Campus Crusade invited me over for dinner. We were stuffed full with plenty of leftovers. There is certainly a lot to be thankful for! I think we would all agree that we were blessed with a very special holiday.


showing off the turkey!

This week Tuesday in on of the small groups I've been attending this semester got together to celebrate the end of the year with an asado. (Argentina's way of grilling meat). It was delicious and like another Thanksgiving with the amount of food that is so good you keep taking more until there is absolutely no more room and then you have dessert! I tried cow intestines. They had a crunchy exterior and a stranger interior texture. We enjoyed playing games. I helped teach some of the people in our group how to play Settlers of Catan and Bananagrams. They gave me lessons on how to play Truco, a very traditional Argentine card game.
Salad and intestines (first course of our asado)
the food coma resulting from a full tummy
There's a saying in Spanish that's something like, "panza llena, corazon contento" ="full tummy, happy heart"