It was a hit!!

After 24 hours of stressing, our meal was a huge success. We had way more food than we had anticipated, even now it still won't all fit in our fridge. About ten of us chowed down in our dorm kitchen. I would say half were American, and the other half were delighted to take on the overeating tradition. (Me: "It doesn't matter if it doesn't all fit on your plate. You should mash it all together.. it tastes better that way.") I think people were impressed that the girls who 'can't cook' put together an impressive little feast. Low standards rule!

And my pies were delicious! I went to Waitrose yesterday to buy 2 more cans of pumpkin... because when I find something that I am good at making, I just stick with it (see spaghetti, french toast.... that's about it...).

After a grand amount of wine and champagne, we chatted until 1 am. Ashley and I headed out to burn of the thanksgiving calories with an hours worth of dancing. On the return 3 am bus ride home I sat by the most repulsive drunk kids. "No, she has bad AIDS, not good AIDS. You can tell by the pox on her face. It is definitely the bad kind." As a microbiologist I was seething. On top of that, there was a guy sitting across from me making really spirited facial expressions and motioning with his hands. So of course that pissed me off. As I was leaving the bus, I shot the Bad AIDS guy a dirty look and noticed the girl next to me was also gesturing - to the guy in front of me. It's just that at 3 am on a London night bus you would never assume a person pantomining wildly would be deaf. Oooops!

Anyway... thanks to everyone that called or IM'd me on Thanksgiving! It really cheered me up! Unfortunately we were all unable to be with our parents on the 2nd most important holiday, but
the dinner company and calls from home made it a not-so-depressing, and definitely memorable, holiday.

Munich post is coming along... there is a lot to go through and it will be in some kind of soon.