Thanksgiving

We celebrated Thanksgiving on Saturday evening at the home of a wonderful US family from Portland. We met some fantastic and interesting new people as well. A young doctor from Oman, Jordan; a consultant from the UK and his lovely wife who is a writer with a Beijing magazine from the US; and an electrician from Mississippi who is working on the new US Embassy; and a tennis pro who has lived all over the world and was moving to Desert Springs in CA on Tuesday.

The host family live in a fantastic apartment near Chaoyang Park. Getting there in a taxi was interesting since we had not been there before. It took us a few calls to make sure we were indeed at the right building and how to get into the new building.

The evening started with the journalist informing us that a couple of photographers would be coming over to take some photos for her magazine. They needed some material for an article on wine drinking in Beijing. BF and AF volunteered to be in the shoot. Should be interesting......

The meal was wonderful with all the traditional dishes (turkey, potatoes, cranberry, stuffing, sweet potatoes, green beans, pumpkin pie, apple pie and pecan pie). It was a great feast. We all talked a little about what we were thankful for around the dinner table. Being in Beijing and having these new friends to celebrate Thanksgiving was certainly something to be thankful for. The doctor commented on how many of his patients (mostly English speaking expatriates) he has treated who are here alone and have no one to care for them while they are sick and recuperating.

Thanksgiving has so many memories for us. This one is a whole new chapter and will be remembered for years to come.