As
you may recall from last year, one of the departing Marines wanted a chili and
beer fest as his going away party. Since it was such a success, it was
decided that it would become an annual event and proceed with the name Chizziz
and Beer Fest (due to the wood carver’s error). The homebrewers were
all happy to show off their brews in a friendly competition. The chili
competition was a bit heated (get it!!!) and there were more chilis made for
this year’s competition. It was another successful event, and even more
so because a vegan chili didn’t win this time around!
One
of our friends in RSO worked to include Embassy Kampala in the worldwide RSO 5K
Turkey Trot. Being good friends we, of course, had to join. What our friend did not expect though is that
we had agreed with the Marines to all wear different costumes as we did the 5K.
I don’t remember how the idea started, but everyone was on board and we,
of course, had a ton of costumes from past Halloweens to dole out. We were up-staged at being the weirdest
things there though as another couple brought their real live pet turkey to the
trot. Someone they know gifted it to them, but since they are vegan, they
couldn’t eat it. They also didn’t have
the heart to give it away to be someone else’s dinner, so they kept it as a pet
(no idea what they plan to do with it after they depart Kampala). The turkey was a fun addition to the event,
and you could hear it gobble around every loop. One of the best parts
about the whole event was Katie spotted two African grey parrots along the
route. Our time definitely took a hit as
Katie would make us stop each time around to see if the birds were still there.
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| Everyone before the Turkey Trot. |
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| Katie & Greg running the Turkey Trot. |
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| One of the African grey parrots. |
It
was a great event and just made us even hungrier for the 2nd Annual
Friendsgiving that was again held at the Marine house. The dinner was
another success and was even larger than the last one.
