thanksgiving

joyce, my replacement at ZIG, invited me to go to debrecen (a bigger city a couple towns away) with her and her daughter for thanksgiving. the "american corner" was having a celebrations with none other than a bunch of americans! i was feeling particularly sick of the hungarian language, as i use it all the time, and was craving english fellowship. so, off we went on a train.
there were a bunch of strangers there, obvisouly, since i don't live there, but we had a fun time chatting and eating. it was potluck, so there was a wide variety of food.















here is my plate








then of course there were a ton of desserts. here were the most interesting ones. waffles with chocolate sauce to dip them in and a peachy cheese cake. nice!

at the end of the meal some scotish guy who had spent a lot of time in the US (i could tell from his accent) sang some typical american songs (or what he thought were typical american songs) and - no kidding - we had a sing along... with words on the screen overhead and everything. it was weird, but enjoyable. i've been asked by hungarians if there was dancing. no. no, there wasn't. that's not how americans celebrate stuff, silly hungary.