This year, after eights years of celebrating Thanksgiving outside of the U.S, I’ve finally celebrated one within it. I continued the tradition of being away from my family. When I came back to the U.S. I was looking forward to finally spending a Thanksgiving with… Read More »Back in the USA for Thanksgiving
Growing up, I’m not sure we went around the table and said what we were thankful for on Thanksgiving. From what I remember it was something I saw in movies or in tv shows, and it wasn’t until I came to Korea that I started… Read More »I’m Thankful for…
Our thanksgiving doesn’t exist in Korea and it didn’t exist in Spain either. There’s no days off, no big Wednesday, just an ordinary meaningless day at school to everybody else. In Korea, the word Turkey is unknown to the students in both English and Korean… Read More »Happy Thanksgiving
Since the beginning of orientation I knew that with whatever friends I made I wanted to host thanksgiving. I’ve had it three out of the last four years and really enjoy bringing people together from different countries and celebrating a holiday which for some is… Read More »Another Thanksgiving Abroad
Since I’ve been away from home I haven’t had a turkey on Thanksgiving. Each year Thanksgiving has been celebrated with an eclectic mixture of food outside the normal range of Thanksgiving day dishes. Since this will be my last year in Spain (hopefully for the… Read More »First Time Cooking a Turkey
In the past, for me Thanksgiving was nothing more than a day to eat a lot of food with family, but now; it has become something more. I haven’t been home for the Thanksgiving for the last 3 years and every year I spend away from home… Read More »I am Thankful For…
For two consecutive years now I haven’t been home for Thanksgiving. While it’s sad not to be with close friends and family, each year I have made new friends to be with; even when it’s in a country where it’s not celebrated. It’s not really… Read More »Thanksgiving in Spain