We go to a Thanksgiving party, organised by Paul’s Spanish teacher, which turns out to be great fun. Laura’s boyfriend Ray is in the American Peace Corps, and a bunch of them are down here sorting out computing networks in the local university.
We celebrate with possibly the largest mutant turkey in the world, which tastes utterly delicious, and mashed potatoes, huge amounts of stuffing, and apple pie. The Americans are very happy and even let Laura (who is a born teacher) teach them about the origins of the Thanksgiving holiday. Daisy even gets to do some salsa dancing – at least one of us has some Latin rhythm!
Afterwards we have a cake (baked by Mariet, it’s nice to put some business her way) to celebrate Ray’s birthday. In true Mexican fashion he has to have his face pushed into it. When we leave, everyone is dancing, but Daisy has to go to bed.
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