Happy Thanksgiving!

11/25 was Thanksgiving. Czechs obviously don't celebrate this American holiday, but NYU in Prague does. Opting out of going to one of the all you can eat buffet's at Bohemia Bagel or the Hard Rock Cafe, I decided to go to the student council run potluck dinner. Each attendee was supposed to bring one dish that would feed 6-8 people and they would supply the drinks, utensils, and turkey.

After class I ran to Tesco to buy the necessary ingredients (frozen baby carrots, dried cranberries, butter - a lot of it, ginger, rosemary, and honey). I came back to Machova to pack (for Budapest!) then headed to Osadni where the dinner would be taking place in the upstairs common room. Kim and I cooked two saucepans full of carrots - and this is the finished product!

Our potlock contribution!

We started arriving at 7 pm and got numbers that would dictate the order in which we would be served in at 7:30. There was a TON of food. About 40 people showed up - all bringing dishes. The turkey was two hours late, but the dinner was still great.

The FEAST

By 10 pm when the night was over, I could barely move. By no stretch at all this was the most I had ever eaten at any Thanksgiving... or ever. But it wasn't just yet time to let the tryptophan do it's magic - we had an 11:30 pm (to 7 am) orange ways bus to catch to go to Budapest!