Being in Singapore for Thanksgiving was surprisingly familiar-turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, apple & pecan pie-just minus our Denver family and friends. The caterer at SAS takes full advantage of the American clientele and offers to cook the whole meal. In fact, the turkey is rather infamous. The turkey is delivered to your doorstep golden brown - you remove the skin by peeling it back to find the turkey carved! I am so mad at myself for not taking pictures!
Sadly, josh got a bad case of the flu. He was in bed from Wednesday night to Sunday and missed all the meals! I think he really felt it when I told him I watched the broncos on thanksgiving! Now, Singapore is in full force Christmas mode. No Black Friday though. Many here traveled over the 4 day holiday-Thailand, Bali, Cambodia, Malaysia -to name a few places! We can't wait to start our local travels, but will most likely start next year, giving a full year to settle here.
We visited the US Embassy today to get some documents notarized. We just loved being there-we both reminisced about our time at the US Embassy in Beijing. In another life, I would have loved an embassy job!
How I love your descriptions, Leigh! And --- yes --- next year you'll definitely need to take a picture of the already sliced turkey...what a great idea. So glad you're able to enjoy all the comforts of 'home' while being in 'home 2'. It sounds like an ideal situation. So glad Josh has finally recovered. Flu is never fun...but missing vacation days & 1st Thanksgiving in Singapore must have made it even more miserable.
ReplyDeleteThe holiday season will be such a great experience there... can't wait to hear all about it in your next post. Love you all & miss you.
Love hearing all the stories. We miss you guys tons!!!
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