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On Thursday, we hosted an international dinner in our flat. There were about twenty of us, all who brought dishes of food! As you can imagine, it was amazing! It felt wonderful to have a hot, well-prepared meal. Well, meal is putting it lightly. It was an all out church potluck. As we began to eat, the talking died down and this huge, rowdy group couldn't speak for the amount of food on their plates! I made traditional green bean casserole; my American roommate made mac and cheese. From Spain there was salsa, Spanish omelet, potatoes with garlic sauce, and pears with yogurt. There was traditional German cake and a meat/potato casserole from Belgium. From Norway, there were scrambled eggs and salmon and from Romania there was a fruit tart and also a tuna casserole. Rieko, from Japan, made crepes with banana and chocolate inside, and the Italians brought Lasagna and five different kinds of pasta. It was incredible! There is an odd feeling inside me, though, that stems from the realization that most of these friends will be gone in December. Life is really odd.

An international food fest... and Halloween

Georgia
2006-02-22 13:38:47

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On Thursday, we hosted an international dinner in our flat. There were about twenty of us, all who brought dishes of food! As you can imagine, it was amazing! It felt wonderful to have a hot, well-prepared meal. Well, meal is putting it lightly. It was an all out church potluck. As we began to eat, the talking died down and this huge, rowdy group couldn't speak for the amount of food on their plates! I made traditional green bean casserole; my American roommate made mac and cheese. From Spain there was salsa, Spanish omelet, potatoes with garlic sauce, and pears with yogurt. There was traditional German cake and a meat/potato casserole from Belgium. From Norway, there were scrambled eggs and salmon and from Romania there was a fruit tart and also a tuna casserole. Rieko, from Japan, made crepes with banana and chocolate inside, and the Italians brought Lasagna and five different kinds of pasta. It was incredible! There is an odd feeling inside me, though, that stems from the realization that most of these friends will be gone in December. Life is really odd.
Halloween celebrations are underway here. I decided to teach my international friends to carve pumpkins, since most have never done it. So, yesterday, a few came over and we made a large mess but have beautiful pumpkins to show for it. I was expecting at least one deep wound, but all was well. I am planning to make pumpkin seeds today. There was a party at the Student Union last night and of course I went. I was a chinese princess. Most of the costumes here, as I said earlier, are gory and bloody. The holiday is more focused on the scary aspect. Anyhow, we danced all night and I had a good time.
I received a box from my mom today. You can't imagine the joy that comes from cornbread muffin mix and chai tea. The smells remind me of home.
My class is going well. I finally had a good review in my critique Friday. We presented a book cover. The only thing that really is bothering me is the schedule of classes. I'm trying to be laid-back and change from my American hustling ways, but everything seems like a waste of time here. We have TWO HOURS for lunch, which is down the hall in the cafeteria. THEN, we usually have two TWENTY MINUTE tea breaks. We are also constantly waiting thirty minutes at the beginning of the day for people to stroll into school. It is very frustrating for me, because it's not a laid-back wait, it's a "come ON, let's get this going" wait.

-I was hoping to find a more environmentally aware public here, but have seen two children throw a can of coke onto the sidewalk in the middle of a crowd twice without thinking of it.