doing.
Here are the links to my pictures again. The first one is the new one to the expanded gallery. There are also new pics in there too from more recent stuff that I haven't posted in my older links. The next three are my older links that I've sent out already. I will keep updating those as well but consider those as summaries while the new site is the full story.
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My first Thanksgiving in Japan and second one away from home (in New Zealand last year) was pretty awesome I have to say. Of course I missed being at home with family, friends, and home cooking, but my friends and I made up for it pretty sufficiently here. Friday (Thursday for you guys) was a national holiday and so my coworkers and I all had the day off. The crew at Kawasaki Berlitz is a really tight group and I am so happy I've been able to become good friends with them too. In the morning, I skyped home during our annual family and relatives Thanksgiving dinner and "sat" at the dining room table with everyone while they ate turkey dinner AKA they put the computer with the webcams running on a shelf next to the table so that I could see them and they could see me. That was really nice and as close as I could get to joining their party from Japan.
Next I and five of my friends went to Costco in Yokohama and stocked up on all the ingredients we needed for Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixings. Unfortunately, Japan lacks fresh turkeys and the frozen ones couldn't be baked since no one here has an oven. We substituted the big bird with five rotisserie chickens which were fine replacements. Next we went back to our friend, Max, and his girlfriend, Naoko's apartment to cook. We all pitched in and cooked for about five hours straight until there was a feast ready to be
served.
The final dish list:
Five rotisserie chickens
Mashed potatoes
Corn on the cob
Stuffing
Gravy
Assorted garlic veggies
Assorted steamed veggies
Corn bread
Homemade baked mac and cheese
Sweet potatoes
Wine and Beer for everyone
The rest of the crew showed up at four o'clock and so the party started. There were about thirteen people total plus Max's dog and it really was a great time. Adam even has a subscription to NFL Total Access which can show any football game within a week of it being played online. Max hooked up the computer to his big plasma TV and so we had the Thanksgiving day games going on on that during the whole thing.
Hope everyone else's Thanksgivings were just as enjoyable!
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