Even though today is Thanksgiving in the States, I celebrated Thanksgiving last weekend.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/8209547052/" title="ACS Thanksgiving Party by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8061/8209547052_ceb61e83a0_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="ACS Thanksgiving Party"></a>

We had great fun last weekend. Sure it's a lot of work to make Thanksgiving dinner for 200+ people in an antiquated school kitchen but we did it and that kind of makes you feel like you can do anything.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/8209558240/" title="Me and the stuffing by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8059/8209558240_5c852846a6_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="Me and the stuffing"></a>Just to give the whole thing a little perspective, we cooked 28 turkeys. Normal people of course only cook one. Then again normal people don't think that making Thanksgiving dinner for 200+ people is a good idea.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/8209559388/" title="Stuffing by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8347/8209559388_49929257e5_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="Stuffing"></a>
Friday night the day before our Thanksgiving party, I didn't think it was such a good idea as I was staring down 15 loaves of bread that I need to rip up into squares to make stuffing--something I needed to do before I could even think about getting started on the onions, apples, celery, garlic and other spices that get mixed into the stuffing. Luckily prepping this much food goes a lot faster with friends.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/8208466599/" title="Turkey by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8340/8208466599_f4aa1870b6_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="Turkey"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/8209555516/" title="The Kitchen at ACS by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8481/8209555516_b91a99d25d_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="The Kitchen at ACS"></a>
Ultimately, everything went really smoothly. All of the turkeys were stuffed with my stuffing leaving only to pans to heat up on Saturday. Easy-peasy.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/8209551282/" title="P. and his turkeys by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8058/8209551282_db1f0b9cb8_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="P. and his turkeys"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/8208462173/" title="Thanksgiving turkeys by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8061/8208462173_c37431759b_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="Thanksgiving turkeys"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/8209550008/" title="Carving the Turkeys by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8208/8209550008_8b82a083ca_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="Carving the Turkeys"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/8209549688/" title="My plate at Thanksgiving by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8064/8209549688_90f9322583_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="My plate at Thanksgiving"></a>
We served dinner, ate with our friends and colleagues. Everyone was so kind--wishing the international teachers a Happy Thanksgiving and telling us how great the food was. 
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/8209549420/" title="Thanksgiving Dinner by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8341/8209549420_df7d785fd3_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="Thanksgiving Dinner"></a>
We played a Thanksgiving trivia game and then we did some dancing. This included both pop music and traditional Bulgarian music. Our Thanksgiving is probably the only one that also includes dancing the horo!!
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/8208458357/" title="Rakiya and Thanksgiving by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8199/8208458357_4317272639_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="Rakiya and Thanksgiving"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/8208455913/" title="ACS Thanksgiving Party by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8064/8208455913_7fdf13ba4f_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="ACS Thanksgiving Party"></a>
There was fair amount of food left so after the party, I filled up some tupperware containers and I've been happily eating Thanksgiving leftovers all week.  Here's to turkey sandwiches and homemade cranberry sauce.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/8209588294/" title="candy turkeys by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8478/8209588294_ef30237078_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="candy turkeys"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/8208499739/" title="Turkey-scape by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8480/8208499739_f6ea952b64_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="Turkey-scape"></a>
I am happy to report that there was very little stuffing left at the end of the night. Turns out the fourth year is a charm! I finally made enough but not too much. It's nice to finally get it right.