3 Meals in 3 Nights

Thursday was Liz and my 5th Anniversary. We celebrated quietly at a fancy, romantic dinner. We enjoyed each other, remembering the past and discussing the future. The following night, Liz and I enjoyed a bigger dinner with two different families from our church. It was fun, loud and in three languages. Last night, my wife and I, along with 15 other people from our school celebrated Thanksgiving dinner. This was our second annual "Colombian Family" Thanksgiving dinner. Colombia does not celebrate Thanksgiving, but our school does. So we get a holiday to vacation. Most of the teachers travel because it is cheap and no on else travels during that time. Our group will be splitting up to go to Santa Marta, Barichara, Cartagena, and other places. So we decided to celebrate this weekend.

We had a wonderful time of cooking, eating, playing games, and talking. It was another of those surreal times when I thought that I would never have experienced this kind of situation if Liz and I hadn't chosen to come to Colombia.