This past Sunday I was invited by an Albanian family, very
close to me, to celebrate a double birthday celebration of two of its members: a
grandma and her grandchild. It was held in a very large restaurant, owned by an
Albanian in Yonkers, NY, in the outskirts of New York City.
The family was hoping to enjoy this day outdoors since the restaurant is located along the water edge of the Hudson River, but after a couple months of gorgeous sunny weather and mild temperatures, Sunday turned out to be a rainy day. Nevertheless, we all had a wonderful time indoors, and enjoyed good food and lots and lots of conversation.
The family was hoping to enjoy this day outdoors since the restaurant is located along the water edge of the Hudson River, but after a couple months of gorgeous sunny weather and mild temperatures, Sunday turned out to be a rainy day. Nevertheless, we all had a wonderful time indoors, and enjoyed good food and lots and lots of conversation.
The well behaved children
kept themselves busy, quietly kibitzing around in the spacious area that we had at
our disposal. The adults, some of which
came all the way from Canada for the occasion, updated themselves on family
news, and several came armed with
professional cameras to record the occasion.
I was queried a lot about Albania by some of them, who have been absent from
the country for many years, but where I regularly travel to and from for two
decades now.
In the evening we all
end up in grandma's house, where she served excellent home made burek, cos (yogurt), and more sweets, and where
we watched the daily news on the Albanian TV channel.
A very enjoyable day, in very good company, indeed! Renewed best wishes to the celebrants: a
happy 70th and a happy 8th and many more to come! Gezuar!
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