Thanksgiving!!! ...in October?

Monday the 10th I came home from being in town to my roommates telling me they had put my name down to do the big Thanksgiving dinner.  It was 10 bucks each,  but it was the real deal meal.  I said it sounded great and was excited!! A few minutes later a friend Marty (who is in another room, but also a long termer) came through and put two chickens in the oven.  Obviously confused considering it was early October I asked what was going on...Thanksgiving isn't for another month and a half.  Only then did I find that it was Canadian Thanksgiving...

umm...WHAT? Did you know there was such a thing?? I certainly didn't.  Trust me though, I wasn't going to complain about the home cooked food.  IT WAS AMAZING.  Marty was a machine.  He used 4 different kitchens and another guy who works at the hostel Liam was using the staff room kitchen to make homemade pumpkin pie.  It was insane.

We had chicken (no turkey because it took too long to cook and is more expensive) and gravy, stuffing, cauliflower and cheese, carrots, potatoes, corn on the cob, and homemade pumpkin pie.  Everything was made from scratch and it was unreal.

I'll post all the pictures of the meal and you will probably be jealous, not going to lie.

One of my roommates Selen from Canada

Marty the cook!! And Emily as well

The Pie Master Liam

Look at the form.

The last picture...is pumpkin pie with maple syrup.  Have you heard of that either?? I was a little nervous to try it at first, but it is really really good!! You know how the Canadians love their maple syrup. haha.  There was even some in the whipped cream Liam made!!  The whole night was amazing.

We decided to go out afterwards since the club that night was Sin City and it's a favorite of everyones.  All the people that joined in the thanksgiving meal however, were like zombies all night.  We had the biggest food comas ever and we just kind stood around because we were scared to move too much with our stomachs being SO full. haha all and all it was probably one of my favorite day here in Australia so far.  A good meal with good friends and a fun night out.  Here are some pictures of downtown Surfers that I took that night on our way to the club.

I walk by this area everyday to get to work, the beach and anywhere else that I need to go.  The ferris wheel is on top of the bus station, I've only actually seen it run like 3 times ever.

Oh hey family!!! Look what I found!!! Remember this??

Makes me think of Greece!! I had a smurf inside. lol

I don't know if they are doing this in the states, but there is some kind of promotion or something going on with the cokes here where they put different names on the side of the cokes and say to share a coke with them.  The coke machine here in the hostel spit this one out and I had to take a picture.  I'm missing everyone back home a lot so anything to remind me of being home is a plus.  Miss you dad.

My liking of this place is growing everyday and with each day I can see myself living here more and more.  It's an amazing place and everyone here is so nice and friendly.  I really do love it here.