I was supposed to post this yesterday, but I was in a bit of a food coma...
The title of the post basically speaks for itself. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you in the US and all around the world. I hope you all had a fantastic day filled with good food and good friends (wow, that really sounds like a Hallmark card, but it's true!). Being in another country really makes me appreciate Thanksgiving more than I do when I'm at home. I miss family and friends, of course, but everyone here made such an effort to make us feel at home today, that I can't help being happy in spite of being far away.
For lunch, the Cambridge in America alumni organization runs a lunch for American students at the University Center, so I went to that with a bunch of friends. They made an effort to do the traditional staples, and it was nice to have some pumpkin pie. We also had pumpkin pie at work actually, as the people who cook our food love any and all holidays. We tried to make people go around the table during tea and say what they were thankful for, but I dont think the British people were really into it.
Then, for dinner there was a formal Thanksgiving hall at Churchill. Again, attempt at Thanksgiving classics and more pie. So right now (or when I wrote this last night) I'm hugely full.
I had been pretty apprehensive about today, thinking that I would be super homesick. I thought that it would be impossible to celebrate without the specific food I'm used to eating and the specific people I usually spend the holiday with. Again, I do miss all of that. But at the same time, the Thanksgiving spirit was totally alive here. It was almost kind of nicer to be able to go to work and say Happy Thanksgiving to all of my co-workers and see them getting happier at how happy I was. So, I guess my point is that, no matter where you are, I hope you are still able to have a great Thanksgiving. I know I did!
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