Thanksgiving in Rotterdam

Happy Thanksgiving to all the Canadians out there!

Being several thousand miles away from my family for thanksgiving I decided instead of skipping the holiday to make my own thanksgiving dinner here in Rotterdam. With a lot of improvising, I cooked a thanksgiving dinner with no oven (try that one!), no turkey and a lack of familiar Canadian ingredients. It ended up turning out pretty good though and my guests (everyone from the AI team who was in town) showered me with compliments.

Things I learned this Thanksgiving:
- Stove top stuffing really can taste good
- Sweet potatoes are not common on this side of the world and they are beige-ish in colour not orange (but they taste the same!)
- Pre-cooked rotisserie chicken can be good “turkey”
- Two bottles of wine are not enough for 12 people ;)
- Vegetables with cheese sauce is North American (especially cauliflower)
- Canadian food is similar in taste to South African
- Gravy is a North American phenomenon
- Apple pie is international :)

Things I’m thankful for:
- Incredible family and friends
- Everyone in AI 06-07, my family for the year :)
- What feels like endless opportunities
- You for reading my blog!!!! haha
- I could go on and on … ;)

The only bad thing about this thanksgiving is the lack of a long weekend—unfortunately working abroad means working on Canadian holiday’s ;)

I'll upload some photos when I figure out how to. Remember I'm still new at this blogging thing!