Let it snow , let it snow, let it snow!!!Well, sadely, not here in Belgium!:D
I missed my country so much before the holidays and I was so sad that I couldn't find plane tickets to go home but in the end I'm glad I've stayed here with all these wonderful people to celebrate Christmas together. It was a different experience and we shared so many international dishes and traditions that I've felt like I was spending Christmas in Romania, Poland, Greece, Hungary, Spain and so on all at once!
We all got up early in the morning and started cooking something specific for our countries. My mom sent me food already cooked from Romania because I do not know how to do it :)))) Usually on Christmas we eat "sarmale", that is a dish made out of meat rolled in pickled cabbage and with cream on top!You can see it in the picture:
- halászlé, a traditional fish soup from Hungary
- something similar to sarmale from Poland
- baclava, a decicious honey cake from Turkey
- a salad from Greece
and this is all I can remember but it was soooo tasty.Then we shared gifts, a common tradition in all European countries. Russians are different though, they have a different calendar so they celebrate Christmas on the 7th of January and for them Christmas in mainly a religious event unlike many other western countries.But the Russians celebrated Christmas with us and it was nice to be all together, we had a lot of fun even if we missed being surrounded by family.
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