Today was cold and rainy. Proper October weather…the warm sun was making us worry that we might be caught in some kind of eternal summer. ;-) Tiny and I went to go turn in our residence permits early this morning. However, once my number was finally called, I was informed that I needed an official stamp on my birth certificate from the Austrian Embassy. That I should have got in Canada.
Ah. Right.
Since our application is being partially completed through the university, it’s not a big problem. We’ll be able to sort this out on Monday, because apparently all the other Canadians are in the same boat. Nothing dramatic will happen. But this may result in acquainting ourselves with yet another line…;-)
However, after we left the registration office, we decided that we should celebrate with a kebap. These are NOT a shish-kebob. They are a type of donair, served in a pita. They are very popular in Graz and are DELICIOUS! Especially when you’re cold and hungry and fed up with bureaucracy. (Never mind that it was 10:30am and we were the only customers in the shop. ;-)
I had another class, and then had a lovely walk home, despite the rain. But since it was cold, I decided to make soup…mushroom soup, with chicken and carrots. We even tore up some bread for croutons…dumplings…bread bits? There’s got to be a more precise word for this. Any ideas? Since it was Friday, and we were feeling more creative than usual, we took some photos. See below!
By the way, hope everyone at home has a lovely Thanksgiving this weekend! We miss you a lot but will talk to you very soon. We’re hoping to celebrate our own Thanksgiving next weekend, when more EU friends are here to experience it.
For all the readers of this blog – it would be really neat if you could leave a comment below listing the dishes that you serve at Thanksgiving. Or another special celebration you have in your country. (I’ve checked the stats and there are readers from around the world! Thank you!) It would be really awesome to see what everyone likes to cook.
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| Stirring the brew... |
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| Our table setting! |
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| The first taste... (See the rain outside?) |
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| Success. :-) |
We don’t celebrate thanksgiving like Canadians do. We have something called “Erntedank” which is similar and around the same time, but we don’t cook any turkey. Erntedank is more a religious event than thanksgiving and you are supposed to thank good for what you were able to harvest this year. Traditionally people prepare food containing fruits and vegetables which grow in fall. This often includes pumpkins, apples, grapes, chestnuts and venison.
ReplyDeleteHere is one recipe I would “approve” for Erntedank “pumpkin-soup with apples and chestnuts”: http://www.essen-und-trinken.de/rezept/139818/kuerbissuppe-mit-apfel-und-maronen.html
It’s in German but Google does a fairly good job in translating it.
Greetings from Austria
P
Greetings from Canada!
ReplyDeleteWe always serve turkey . . . and always will.
:-)
Dad