Empanadas for Thanksgiving

So today is Thanksgiving, but aside from the ads I see on US websites, I’d hardly know it. We are about as far removed from the traditional Thanksgiving as you can get. Instead of the onset of winter, down South here, it is a blazing springtime, with the onset of a steamy summer ready on the horizon. Instead of turkey and friends and family, Peter and I spent the day working on our websites, going to the SuperMercado, and hitting the gym so we can be fit and trim for the hotness ahead. The truly weird thing to think about is that as soon as summer here is over, we’ll be right back in Springtime, as we gear up for another European summer in maybe Paris or Rome. I don’t see why I ever have to see wintertime again. And from the benefits to my attitude and health and outlook, I’m not sure it makes sense to. The grayness of Berlin has a way of sucking the very life from your bones, and I will never spend a winter time there again, or in any snowy place for that matter. Not when theres places like Buenos Aires, or California, where you can winter without losing yourself in the absolute melancholy of the season.

So here I pass another Thanksgiving away and it’s definitely a reminder of how long since I left. I’ve been gone well over a year now, with no end in sight really. There is so much to see in this world. I’m beginning to think I won’t have enough time.