Thanksgiving

Of all places to end up in Turkey eating turkey, I did not think I would be at the home of the consul general. Deborah K. Jones has worked in Syria, Iraq, Argentina, Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates. She is followed around by body guards on a daily basis and we had to pass through security just to get into her home.

How did I get this invite you ask? It's quite a complicated story, but let's just say I was the outsider of outsiders. It was something like Courtney's friends' parents who were visiting from the States went to high school with the consul general. They didn't know the consul general was posted here in Turkey until an event at the U.S. Consulate when they had quite a reunion from what I'm told. Said friends' parents were invited for Thanksgiving and since they had already invited us for Thanksgiving, we got the invite as well...there, i don't know if that makes any sense.

Anyway, it was an interesting event, and one unlike anything I've really been too. I sat across from a woman who knows Castro very well (so she says) and has met Clinton on numerous occasions. The house was beautiful and the view was incredible. And the food was prepared by a personal chef. There was turkey, gravy, cranberry sauce, everything you can imagine at Thanksgiving dinner including 4 types of pie. We even had Minnesota wild rice. The only thing that was missing was a nap and some football.