The biggest event since our last post has to be Thanksgiving. We agreed last year that our neighborhood place that served "a real American Thanksgiving" was not authentic enough for our tastes. Daphne thought she was acclimated enough to be able to pull a Thanksgiving together.
Through a series of strange events, the size of the event kept growing. We don't have a huge apartment and the kitchen is small by the standards set in Chatham. Here is the size of the oven.
So when the guest list surged past 20, Daphne began to hyperventilate. We invited two Bavarian couples and their two children, my sister Paula's friend who recently moved to Munich, American friends who have 2 young daughters we know from the International school, and Daphne's brother and his girlfriend were able to join us from Ohio.
I was able to put the cherry on top when I had a candidate from Harvard, in Munich for interviews, join us since I asked him to stay over the holiday to interview on Friday morning. (He was great for actually showing up.)
I kept telling Daphne that we could always supplement dinner with a couple of pizzas ordered from the restaurant next store but she insisted that everyone should get a traditional turkey dinner.
Daph made two large turkey breasts (since the whole bird wouldn't fit in the oven) and time shifted all the other elements to make the meal come together.
The picture doesn't capture her relief that the evening came together wonderfully.
The final proof - our last guest left the apartment around 3am.
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