a yankee thanksgiving in BCN

Last week, I see Danny and he says 'I was invited a Thanksgiving dinner!'-my reply, 'I want to go! And by the way why are you even celebrating? You're Canadian!'
Danny hits up American friend Steve, who's cooking, and asks if I can join the celebration-Steve says it's cool...
Yippee!!
Thursday morning, Nuno had arranged to borrow a friends car and told me and Danny to meet him at 10am near Metro Jaume, if we want to go to Ikea! But of course, I go to cafe near to have a coffee...Danny happened to walk in, so we sat and had a little morning chat and cafe con leche. Nuno meets us and we all trek on the metro to pick up the car. Piling in a Fiat, I felt at that moment I was really in Europe...cruising...a very different perspective and visual seeing the city and outskirts by car...very cool.
We arrive at Ikea, I grab the big yellow bag, a pencil, and notepaper...Nuno has just redecorated his room and wanted to add some special touches, and actually asked for some of my expertise-he's very smart!
Trotting thru Ikea with the boys is fun, they are lucky I am not a typical girl shopper, and I move quickly with my sharp eye. By checkout, we had a lot of stuff...now the crazy dilemma of mapping out the smartest path to each casa for the drop off...it all worked itself out and after a tiring shopping day we settle at an Italian restaurant for some grub...

aren't they darling??

Off home to rest a bit for the big turkey...I meet Danny at Plaza Reial at 9pm with some wine and a cheesecake in tow (no pumpkin pie here, or cranberries!)
Of course, I'm late, as usual...the flat is full of people from everywhere...Steve, from Staten Island, prepared the whole course-Delicious...deep frying the turkey-yummy! Another two young, sweet Canadian boys-whom I named Tom & Huck all night, because they are leaving on a trek of 300 miles in the next couple days...I said 'What would possess you to do such a thing? It's freezing!!'
Two Basque girls, who live in the flat and are gorgeous-I told one 'All the girls from the Basque country are the prettiest!' Everyone loves a compliment! Then, Steve's friend Goss, from Poland...these are some modeling shots I took of them...



Happy Thanksgiving to all my loved ones back home...miss you and think of you often, but you'll have to visit Barcelona to see me!!!