Agnes Water, OZ
Okay, I haven't posted for a bit, as I've been trying to write about Thanksgiving. It's going slowly. Below, is an email that I sent out to some of my friends and family. I think it gives a fair account of one of the best Thanksgivings that I've had to date.
Hey! I'm working on writing up how my Thanksgiving went, but I just wanted to tell y'all I had a wonderful one for my second consecutive Thanksgiving abroad. We had 25 people seated around a table at a friend of ours' house here in Agnes Water, Oz. It was a mixture of people who lived here and people living in the hostel. The really nice part of this town is that there is only one family here, everyone else moved here. Everyone started living here the same way, either in a tent or at a hostel. It makes for a friendly atmosphere. Anyway, the meal was incredible, Turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, potatoes au gratin, candied yams, cranberry sauce, bread, salad and of course, stuffing. Desert was pumpkin and apple pies with cream and ice cream.
The tables were moved indoors because of the threat of rain. They were arranged in a long T, like at a castle banquet. I got the bottom of the T, the head or ass end, depending on your outlook. Andy, what do you think? It was great. There were 4 Americans, and most of the rest were having their first American style Thanksgiving meal, the best that we've got. And they loved it. After the meal, we differed from the norm of afternoon walk or football and invited the rest of the hostel over and swung the party into 4th gear. The rain finally came, we moved indoors and carried on carousing. I retired to my van which I'd driven over and ended up starting a very pleasant 4 day romance with an English girl named Cat.
People came up to me the entire evening and thanked me for organizing it, but I had to thank them in turn, for giving me a small taste of all that I miss from home, my friends and family. All right, and Tex Mex, but mostly y'all.
Anyway, I hope y'all had equally good Thanksgivings. Perhaps not an Australian one, I'd be surprised, but I hope that it was a good meal among friends and family. So now, as Christmas season tears loose, and the cold weather starts to bite, I wish y'all warm thoughts from the tropics of Australia (well, 200k south, give me a little arttistic license).
Bob
I'm gonna wrap this entry up now and start working on the next one, ie events since Thanksgiving, as life here does go on, with the ebb and flow of people moving through Agnes Water.
Hey! I'm working on writing up how my Thanksgiving went, but I just wanted to tell y'all I had a wonderful one for my second consecutive Thanksgiving abroad. We had 25 people seated around a table at a friend of ours' house here in Agnes Water, Oz. It was a mixture of people who lived here and people living in the hostel. The really nice part of this town is that there is only one family here, everyone else moved here. Everyone started living here the same way, either in a tent or at a hostel. It makes for a friendly atmosphere. Anyway, the meal was incredible, Turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, potatoes au gratin, candied yams, cranberry sauce, bread, salad and of course, stuffing. Desert was pumpkin and apple pies with cream and ice cream.
The tables were moved indoors because of the threat of rain. They were arranged in a long T, like at a castle banquet. I got the bottom of the T, the head or ass end, depending on your outlook. Andy, what do you think? It was great. There were 4 Americans, and most of the rest were having their first American style Thanksgiving meal, the best that we've got. And they loved it. After the meal, we differed from the norm of afternoon walk or football and invited the rest of the hostel over and swung the party into 4th gear. The rain finally came, we moved indoors and carried on carousing. I retired to my van which I'd driven over and ended up starting a very pleasant 4 day romance with an English girl named Cat.
People came up to me the entire evening and thanked me for organizing it, but I had to thank them in turn, for giving me a small taste of all that I miss from home, my friends and family. All right, and Tex Mex, but mostly y'all.
Anyway, I hope y'all had equally good Thanksgivings. Perhaps not an Australian one, I'd be surprised, but I hope that it was a good meal among friends and family. So now, as Christmas season tears loose, and the cold weather starts to bite, I wish y'all warm thoughts from the tropics of Australia (well, 200k south, give me a little arttistic license).
Bob
I'm gonna wrap this entry up now and start working on the next one, ie events since Thanksgiving, as life here does go on, with the ebb and flow of people moving through Agnes Water.
posted by Bob Stein at 6:26 PM
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