Happy Thanksgiving!

Yesterday was Thanksgiving, and my friend Dave and I were invited to Alex's home in New Jersey. Weather yesterday was horrible, and so was the traffic. It took Dave and I almost three hours to drive there from St. John's. When we got there, Alex and her parents were already waiting. Then, we started chatting and eating the snacks made by Aunt Sandy (Alex's mother). Here I want to explain our relationship. Aunt Sandy, her husband Mr. Cale and Dave's mother Aunt Melissa are my mom's old friends for more than 28 years. Dave, Alex and I have known each other since we were very little. Dinner started at 6 pm, and it was my first American traditional Thanksgiving dinner. We had almost every traditional food and the turkey last night is the best turkey I have ever tasted. On the table, we still talked a lot! Well, the only problem was language barrier...See..Mr. Cale, Alex and Dave are American and Aunt Sandy who has lived in U.S for more than 28 years...so the official language last night was English. All English! I tried my best to understand their conversation, but sometimes I still could not follow. However, it WAS a great opportunities for me to practice my English. Mr. Cale and Aunt Sandy went to bed early, at about 10 pm, and left us three in the living room. We watched Alex's favorite series which I forgot what it exactly called together. Its about something like hospital and surgery. After that, we watched "Shakespeare in Love." Dave's major in Brown University is English, so he knew a lot about Shakespeare. In the film, Shakespeare crushed his failed writing into a ball and threw it away...but Dave said that the real Shakespeare would never do that. Last night was an interesting night and I really enjoy being there. Mr. Cale and Aunt asked both Dave and I to make ourselves at home. They also said we are always super welcome to visit them...