Alabama football - the Iron Bowl goes global!

i owe a large debt of gratitude to my dear friend Prateek, who - despite being an obnoxious, dyed in the wool Univ of Texas fan - is a good guy. he orchestrated the satellite recording of the Iron Bowl and we were able to watch the recording at the gym bar on THREE TVs...

and this is me looking real worried in the 1st quarter...

after the game we tried to get a tuktuk to join friends for a Thanksgiving party. the first one was unavailable, however, because this man was too drunk to get out of it....

we joined an American couple, Kristin and Daniel for a real turkey/dressing/pie Thanksgiving, plus some Australians. Here is our fair hostess, Kristin ~

and here are my wonderful colleagues and friends, Kristin and Carolyn~

all the men looking after the babies and watching an old Univ of Texas football game while the women drank rum on the balcony... Prateek continues his lessons on American football strategy~

what a lovely PP sunset! thank you, chlorofluorocarbons!

Prateek probably still trying to teach the Aussie young'uns about the eminence of American college football. the child, as you can see, in enrapt. (he looks like hes thinking, 'the sun's going down! i cant believe this guy is STILL talking about football...')