[Leica] Nathan's PAD 29/11/2019: Thanksgiving in Alicante

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

A great sight to come home to.? I also enjoyed home made pecan pie 
yesterday.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 11/29/2019 11:35 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> I realize that Thanksgiving was yesterday but since I returned home from 
> Brussels just before midnight, all these photos were made today, very 
> early today.
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> Having left the US 24 years ago, we do not maintain many American 
> traditions, but we have stuck with Thanksgiving. And since we moved to 
> Spain 12 years ago, it has become an annual ritual to celebrate it with 
> our closest Spanish friends (4-5 other couples) who enjoy the ?exotic? 
> food. Last year we skipped it because we were in the middle of a 
> remodelling of our newly acquired house, and we were just not up to 
> hosting a Thanksgiving dinner, but this year things were back to normal 
> and it was especially enjoyable to host the first Thanksgiving in our new 
> house.
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> I had been on a business trip to Brussels and came home around 11:45 p.m. 
> This was the scene that greeted me:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-fxZrZmx/A
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> The turkey was in a sorry state at this point (but there was plenty of 
> white meat for me on the table):
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-fNHz7nS/A
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> I had brought some nice Belgian cheese with me, and it was devoured with 
> pleasure:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-LhVjnHk/A
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> A lovely smile:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-tjrHksM/A
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> Around 2 a.m. it is time for the pecan pie:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-5h2pxHJ/A
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> About an hour later, our guest had left and we went to bed, tired and 
> happy. Needless to say, I took today off to recover from the trip and 
> Thanksgiving, especially since I am travelling again soon?I am off to 
> Munich on Sunday.
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> In terms of food, our Thanksgiving dinner is quite traditional?turkey, 
> mashed potatoes, green bean casserole etc. But we add some local touches, 
> such as good cheese (whether Belgian or French or Spanish), and several 
> bottles of French champagne were also consumed, as well as some Ribera del 
> Duero red wine and such. The best of both worlds.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> Alicante, Spain
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