We had a nice group get-together yesterday for Thanksgiving. It was the perfect day for it, too. We woke up to a nice blanket of snow over everything. It felt just like a holiday break - except all the stores were open.
We decided to get together at one of the apartments where 3 members of the group are staying. I headed over around 11 to help with the dinner preparations and to hang out with whoever happened to be there. Julie, Nacole and I were the only ones there. So we got to do the honors of stuffing the turkey and sticking it in the oven. I am quite proud of how we did. Our turkey not only looked delicious, it tasted fabulous, too!
(I should mention that it was a 7kg turkey (15lbs) and it cost an equivalent of $75 US dollars. Nacole's mother informed us over Skype that she bought a 16lb turkey for about $16 dollars in Washington.)
I also made cranberry sauce (technically it was Lingonberry sauce. That gave it a little Norwegian flair.) We also had stuffing, mashed potatoes, corn, biscuits, rolls, and apple pie for desert. As more people arrived, so did more food. We had SOOO much food, it was ridiculous. But it was worth it. It was delicious, and the night was a lot of fun.
We were planning to have dinner around 7PM, because some of our group had traveled to Copenhagen/Amsterdam/Hamburg and missed a connection back to Oslo, and instead of arriving on Wednesday, they didn't arrive back until Thursday night.
Always an adventure.
It was a lot of fun to have a holiday, when no one else was having one. It still feels like Thanksgiving break, so I'm using that as an excuse not to work on my 20 page case study, which is becoming more and more daunting by the day.
In less than two weeks, I will be completely finished with my projects and finals, and free to roam about the continent! On December 10, we were scheduled to attend the Nobel Peace Prize torch light parade and press conference with the recipient in Oslo. Although, since Al Gore was the recipient this year, no one can get tickets to the press conference anymore except people with a close relationship to Al Gore. We are all a little bit upset about this, since the students on this program have been attending every year. Now, just because its some American politician we can't get in. We are still planning on attending the torch light parade, even if we can't get tickets into the press conference.
And that will be the last event of our program! On December 12, I am flying to Hamburg to spend the holidays with my host family from the year I spent in Germany.
It's all coming so soon! I can hardly believe it.
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