Merry Christmas!

Christmas last year was tough. It fell on a weekday and since Christmas in Macedonia isn’t until January 7, we had to ask for the day off from our colleagues and in general it just kinda sucked. We didn’t cook anything, we went out for Pizza, had a horrible time communicating with the folks at the restaurant and I think in general we were all pretty homesick and bummed out.

Well…this year was much better. Christmas was on the weekend and we actually came up with a little plan ahead of time. Liz, Shaun and I (the MAK 8ers living in Gostivar) decided to cook a little mini-Christmas feast and we did a darn good job. Liz made the stuffing (she is a vegan so she had a good recipe for stuffing she could eat) and I made mashed potatoes (out of a box, sorry to say) and green beans, all of which was vegan friendly, yippee! Shaun was in charge of the poultry for the day—since there are many non-pork eating Muslims in Gostivar, rotisserie chicken is pretty popular and Shaun bought one for us meat eaters to share. Yum.

In this picture Shaun is excited about our feast and Veegs is freaked out by the greasy bird.