I know everyone’s probably past thanksgiving and on to the next holiday, but a quick recap of the holiday for me. I was really sad that I couldn’t be with my family and in a place where no one appreciates this holiday. But some American friends decided to get a dinner together. We had about 20 people, a mixed group of foreigns and locals with maybe 10 percent being american. The night ended up being a blast. A local restaurant made us a full meal with turkey, punk-in pie (just in case, that’s a punk rock mohawk that they are making in the above photo) and cranberry sauce, the most important part. We sat on a balcony facing the ocean with the sound of the waves in the background. muy muy tranquilo… I had brought my guitar and so after dinner a few of us played the guitar and sang. It was familiar enough to feel like thanksgiving but different enough to enjoy the adventure of it. So yeah, happy thanksgiving everyone!

I went surfing today at a different beach and the waves….they did not like me.  I could barely swim out past the first breaking point.  The waves, they tried to eat me.  I left with my arm all cut up, a bump on my head and my pride a little hurt.  But tomorrow, I will try again.  un poco a poco…