Thanksgiving at the rooming house

Thanksgiving at Sinclair’s Rooming House
It’s officially Thanksgiving here even though we are 17 hours ahead of you back home. Tracie has insisted on preparing a traditional feast and off we went to the Coles Market and bought 3 massive birds and a large ham and all the fixings and brought them back to the communal kitchen to prepare. We have received many weird looks as we have taken over the place and these long term residents are somewhat taken aback. Little do they know that it is for their benefit. However, right now, we are being dubbed as the garish North Americans who have mutinied the prized kitchen. A few of the German gals muscled their way in and Tracie killed them with her usually kindness and her graciousness which shocked them into submission. We invited the resident manager Glen to sit at our table and exchange old war stories of his years in Hospitality. He and Stan got more and more vocal as the port bottle was consumed with joy. As the other boarders who were also staying at Sinclair’s each arrived home, the children would greet them with a welcome and invite them to share our meal. Most were flabbergasted and yet delighted. They do not have a thanksgiving tradition in neither Australia nor Europe so it seemed strange to them but they were more than happy to participate in a free meal. Many went back for seconds and thirds. Afterwards they all wanted to bring out their special stashes of Booze and Chocolate and share them and everyone spent the evening conversing and sharing their points of view. The kids did not want it to end as they sat in fascination as 32 strangers came together one special evening in Sydney.