American Thanksgiving in Italy

It took quite a bit of prep work to get ready for an American Thanksgiving while living in Italy. My mom brought a few ingredients from the States to make it all work. I was surprised how difficult it was to find a whole turkey here! Fortunately, an American friend tipped me off and I was able to order from a butcher that wasn't too far away.

We invited our Italian friends to join us who live in the nearby town of Brescia. It was so much fun to share our American traditions with them! Unfortunately, we forgot to take a group picture so most of my shots are of the food.

The festivities started with Gabriel (3) and Enrique (5) sliding backward on their backs. I have no clue why. Boys...

Like typical Americans, the boys went outside to play football while the girls stayed in to finish the cooking. But being in Italy, we decided European football was appropriate. Gabriel is slowly getting better at it, but he came back inside with an injury to the nose. You can see in the picture he's quite proud of it.

Then came the food. Enrique said his favorite dish was the candied yams. Louis and Melissa say they enjoyed everything, but especially the waldorf salad and stuffing.

Oh and the picture perfect bird. It was worth the hunt to find one!

After the meal we served pumpkin pie and apple pie with American coffee. Yum!