Our Thanksgiving

We trust everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving holiday with their loved ones!  We got up early Friday morning (no, not to shop!) to talk on Skype to those who had gathered at my sister's house.  We also were able to talk to one of my cousins. How fun that is when we are so very far away!

Well, to go back a little bit, the week before Thanksgiving I was down with a terrible bug and quite sick.  (Ramon put an "ICU" sign on our front door!)  Luckily the week of Thanksgiving I was feeling much better, although still a little weak.  We decided to treat ourselves and spent two nights in Kathmandu (before and after our Town Day) so we could rest and relax.

This time we stayed at the Annapurna Hotel, which has a good location for walking around shops.

Here's the view looking back outside the front door

and here's a look at the lobby.

Our room was one of those you see here out of the window.

There's a pool, but it was too cold for us to try it out!  We'll have to come back when it's hot!

Tuesday evening we ate here

at Pizza Hut!!!  We were feeling like American food since it was near Thanksgiving.  It was really nice and actually good!  They were even playing American Rock music!

Wednesday afternoon we went to the American Ambassador's house for a little Thanksgiving program and snacks. 

The snacks were in the tents to the left.  The Ambassador and his wife were a lovely couple and they even let us see inside the house!  It was a very enjoyable afternoon and fun to talk to new people.

That evening we ate at the coffee shop by our hotel.  That was good too and we can recommend it!

(I forgot to take a picture inside, which was really cute.)

Both mornings we enjoyed the breakfast buffet in the hotel.

Driving home early Thursday morning, we happened to catch some army boys jogging by

 and some others playing soccer.

Because it was early, we had some views of some beautiful foggy areas.

Then it was back to work as usual, since of course, there was no holiday told here!  I did give my students candy though and told them it was for my country's holiday!

That evening we ate a Thanksgiving potluck at the neighbors' (fellow missionaries) house--delicious and fun! 


Well, that's how our week went!  Hope yours was a lovely and memorable week too!  Take care and God bless!