Valencia day 4: Thanksgiving

So we went out to meet up with the rest of team USA to do thanksgiving Valencia style... and then this happened.

  The team guys were a lot of fun. They kept us laughing the whole night. We sat next to probably the most lively table in the house. I love the team USA spirit. The place we were at was really nice too. We had an open bar the whole night. I started a piña colada fad and finished with a mojito. It reminded me of Michelles mocktails. I miss her!!

The girls that brought out the food told us that they fed us 12 turkeys for 60 people. Ginormous turkeys. That's a 5:1 ratio. First they brought out a giant pan of Paella Valenciana and right when we were starting to wonder if that was the main deal they walk out with the turkey platter and everyone cheered.

<Andy with the paella girls>

Turns out this turkey was just a show turkey. They brought it out and of course the men set to carving for everyone, just to find out 10 minutes later that everyone was getting their own massive plates handed out. It was so fun! What a great Thanksgiving, right on the beach, unforgettable.

Now to this morning's entry:

   After a rough qualifying round yesterday with gas line and tire issues, we were hoping for a better go today during the heat races. Ken ended up getting hit and completely flipped around at the very beginning of the first race of the day, but recovered quickly enough to at least stay with the pack. He actually ended up having a handful of people behind him at the end. So not great but could've been worse.

I think Ken is actually doing pretty good considering he stayed in the race with all that carnage out there. People are all over the place here. His class was split because there were so many people and the group before him had an 8 car pile up scene in the middle of the pack that really shook things up.. then Austrailia went out right in front of us with a flat- Japan and Estonia getting towed out at the end..

I also think he's doing great since this is really the first time he's ever competed on this type of shifter kart. He qualified for this race in a different type of kart.

    I really like seeing the different countries coming together for all of this. It's like a mini Olympics with everyone wearing their team jackets and the people from the US that used to race against each other are now helping each other out. It seems like English and smoking are the common languages here  for everyone except for the lady that runs the sandwich stand, who can't seem to understand anyone's order no matter what language.

   Sounds like the plan for tonight is to meet up with the other racing Americans for a little thanksgiving at a nice place on the beach. Sounds quite lovely. It's wierd to think these people don't celebrate the same holidays. No turkey?? Sad day for them.

  The second heat race ended not so great with Ken getting hit and spun a total of 3 times. Rotten luck.