Hey there, Thanksgiving Monday!

Happy Thanksgiving!

It's Thanksgiving weekend in Canada. I haven't been with family for Thanksgiving turkey in two years, so I'm looking forward to this! My favourite part is the stuffing and cranberries. I had some leftover fresh cranberries from the Cranberry Orange Loaf and Cranberry and Mint Scones I made earlier in the week, that I made some fresh cranberry sauce. But honestly, I love the stuff from the can (especially when it still has the weird can shape to it. True story).  
I found it difficult celebrating Thanksgiving in England. The first year was nice when I got 2 invites to Orphan Turkey Dinners (the guests, not the turkeys), the 2nd year I thought it was no big deal to just kind of skip the whole thing, but when my FB blew up with Thanksgiving comments, pictures, and wishes, I got a little peoplesick.
I don't know where I will find myself in the future, so I'm going to savour this weekend and every juicy morsel of turkey, stuffing, cranberries, and pumpkin pie. Hope you all have a great one! Here's to THANKSGIVING MONDAY!

Huffington Post do history of Canadian Thanksgiving, also just known as Thanksgiving, in these here parts. Watch the next clip too.

"Whom is vocabulary drenched in bourbon, monocles, and mustaches."

Hidden bias addressed

Imagine finding this in your home

The puppies are okay.

Autumn is just so darn colourful

Statues made better by these brilliant people

Image from Pinterest

Orphans Gatherings

This past weekend was Easter and like many people travelling or living abroad, I'm away from my friends and family who were getting together and celebrating this holiday/long weekend.  Instead I was invited to a new friend's orphan's Easter lunch and a chance to head to the Thames to watch 'the boat race'. (*spoiler alert* Oxford won!)

An orphan's dinner is usually put on and attended by a group of expats who can't make it home for a particular holiday and are missing out on the traditions from back home. This particular dinner was not quite traditional to anyone's Easter dinner as we had a mishmash of barbecued meat, potato salad, avocado and spinach salad. But tasty nonetheless.

After lunch we headed down to central London to catch a brief glimpse of the Oxford and Cambridge University rowing teams and they raced in their 159th competition. I did literally see each boat for 2 seconds between people shoulders, as they glided through the water. Being so vertically challenged in large groups is such a bummer.

purse wine

Despite that and despite the cold, cold, COLD day, it was a great time. Some appeared to be having a better time than others, but no judgement here :)

Happening at the same time as the boat race is the Spitalfields City Farm Goat Race between a goat named Cambridge and another named Oxford. Maybe next year...

Fun travels!