As you know, Spain does not celebrate Thanksgiving. In a couple of classes at the high school I work at in Lepe I gave a little presentation about Thanksgiving. I talked and showed pictures about the fall weather in Pennsylvania, how the leaves change and what frost is like. I talked about football and the Macy's day parade, and of course about all of the food. Lastly, I recapped the main ideas about Thanksgiving, that is: peace, giving thanks and spending time with loved ones. I lead one activity in which I asked the students what they would have at their ideal Thanksgiving feast. For the second activity I asked the class what things they were thankful. The first three answers to this question were "dinero," "jamón"(ham) and "cars!" Yeeeeah..
This Thanksgiving was the first that I spent abroad and without my family. So, I was really happy when my two good friends, Jess and Jane, that live in the apartment above me hosted a big Thanksgiving dinner. Jess and Jane cooked the turkey and everyone brought a dish to share. I made pumpkin pies for the first time in my life and they turned out pretty damn good, if a little burnt, if I do say so myself. A shout out goes to Alex for bringing me pumpkin puré when he came to visit, because it is impossible to find here. There was about 20 or so of us in my friends apartment. Our Spanish, Italian and UK friends
got to benefit from our American and Canadian holiday. It was a good night of excessive food and drinks as it should be..
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