Preparing a Thanksgiving feast in a foreign country -
Larry and I had been in Ireland and Scotland for Thanksgiving and Larry had been in Costa Rica but this was the first time we cooked a turkey outside of the states. We really enjoyed it.
We invited a Norwegian couple and a French couple we know from bridge for Thanksgiving Dinner. Anders, the Norwegian, had enjoyed a Thanksgiving dinner in Gabon 12 years ago and both he and his wife had lived in the States in the 60’s. It was a new experience for our French friends

After Larry worked until the mid-afternoon we went for a walk in blustery wind to the Vaulen fjord area. It didn’t rain all day nor was there any sun. I had no difficulty finding a turkey which at $21 for a 12+ lb. frozen turkey was very reasonably priced. We substituted a Nowegian berry, tyttebaer, for cranberries though they can be found here and had apple crisp instead of pie as we don’t have a pie plate or rolling pin and I couldn’t find frozen pie crusts at the stores. And no shrimp as Mac wasn’t with us. Working in the small kitchen wasn’t as much of a difficulty as I had expected. And Larry did most of the dishes so I didn’t miss the kids or a dishwasher for that. We missed being with family and celebrating for more than a short day but enjoyed sharing my favorite holiday with new friends.

My apologies for Larry’s blurry photos.

This is our last week in Stavanger until April. Larry has much to do before leaving and is giving a talk at the University on Friday; I’ll be sorting, cleaning, packing and going to the movies on Wednesday, Friday celebratory lunch and bridge Saturday evening. Sunday we leave for a week in St. Petersburg, followed by a week in Germany and then to Zurich. Blog updates may be rare.