Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was last Thursday, and we were blessed to be able to spend it at the Zehner's with their family.

After getting lost (due to Michael not being able to follow directions) we arrived at their beautiful traditional American 2 storey to find a snowman sitting out front. We were greeted by the 2 boys and 2 dogs of the family - Cameron, Jack, Ruby and Max (you can guess which way round).

Tom and Julie gave us the grand tour of the place and introduced us to the rest of the family. Tom, while pretending to be a graphic artist, is really a geek from looking at his desk full of computers.

For Thanksgiving dinner we had 2 big turkeys, green-been salad, sweet potato baked dish, salad, along with scone-like dumplings and all the appropriate condiments. That was followed up by pecan pie and the traditional pumpkin pie. Boy, was there too much food!

We had a great time, and got to spend the holiday with some very nice people and felt part of the American tradition that is Thanksgiving. That was so nice of you Zehner's to invite us. We were so tired that we just stayed home for Black Friday - the day after Thanksgiving.

travel/chicago | 01 Dec 2004 | #

Drivers Licence

After 3 hours of waiting in lines, sitting a multiple choice exam, and doing a driving test in very light snow, I now have my Illinois driving licence.

This means AVIS will let me keep our rental car, and I won't have to catch taxis. And I got the licence with 5 days grace period left :-)

travel/chicago | 01 Dec 2004 | #