Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The last two smiles are, indeed, lovely! Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 11:06 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> 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. > > 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. > > 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 > > 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 > > 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 > > A lovely smile: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-tjrHksM/A > > Around 2 a.m. it is time for the pecan pie: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-5h2pxHJ/A > > 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. > > 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 > > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information