Thanksgiving was our first holiday away from home since the move and Erika's first ever away from home, so we weren't sure what to expect. Erika ended up working out of town on Thursday and Friday, so she spent the actual holiday eating Mexican food in a tiny town with a couple of coworkers. Then, over the weekend, she caught a nasty cold and spent most of Sunday and all of Monday sleeping. (She's feeling better now, though.)
However, somewhere, between the Mexican food and the Kleenex, we did manage to get in a nice little Thanksgiving. On Friday we went to a music festival and caught a couple of bands, including a singer/songwriter, Jenny Owen Youngs, who Erika and her friends were really excited about. (Rob liked the show, too, but mostly because she also sang this song.) Then, we went out for DISCO BOWLING! Well, it was called disco bowling, but Rob suspects it was really techno bowling since they didn't really play any disco...
On Saturday one of the bigwigs from Erika's office hosted a huge Thanksgiving dinner for the Americans and there was even some college football. The dinner was great and it was nice to celebrate with other people and eat some pumpkin pie. On Sunday we had another Thanksgiving dinner with our friend, Jon, and several of his Dutch friends, who were pretty much in awe of the vast amounts of food.
In the end, it was a pretty good Thanksgiving despite being away from our families. We had plenty to eat, saw most of our friends, and we learned that the Dutch really, really like sweet potatoes.
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