Here's to Friendship

THANKSGIVING!!

It's never easy being away from home for the holidays, but we managed to put together a very homely meal anyway. Two of our friends, Megumi and James, came to visit in addition to some of our closest friends here in Prague. It was a great time spent in the company of true friendship.

We picked up a 5.5 kilo turkey (about 12 pounds). They're pretty hard to come by in Prague... considering nobody celebrates Thanksgiving here!

Lots of "fun" prep work

For some reason Thanksgiving tastes so much better when you devote your entire day to cooking! Thanks Mom, we get it now.

It was nice that everyone helped out.. even if the girls didn't want to touch the turkey

Such a pleasure to cook with:

Abe pretending to do something

(maybe not everyone helped out)

Of course Thanksgiving is never really complete without the pies! Natalie made sure that we had "the most important" part of our meal

Here are the girls working hard on the apple crisp. Wish you could've tried it!

Bromance.

Megumi, Sam and Albert. The boys are our next-door neighbors who have become quite close friends. It was nice to have two kitchens to work in

After what seemed to be an endless day of baking, frying, slicing and boiling, we were ready to eat! Dinner wasn't served until around 9pm, but it was well worth the wait. We were very satisfied after feasting on the fruits of our labor. Well, maybe there wasn't any fruit... but we did have vegetables!

Very happy girls

... and boys!

Our Thanksgiving family:

Thanksgiving is always a dish best served at home. Even though we weren't with our families, we were in the company of laughter, friendship, and most importantly... good food. Its never easy being away, but   good company definitely helps! Skyping with everyone also took off a little homesickness. 

We're looking forward to spending Christmas at home in only 2 weeks!