Thanksgiving in Korea

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite American holidays.  Lots of delicious food (including yams) and corniness.  Last year, I missed it so much that I cooked a stuffed chicken myself and tried to celebrate with my family here.  This year, I had two great celebrations.  For the actual Thanksgiving day, one of the parents I met at the Cate reception invited me to dinner.  To be honest, I wasn't expecting much, but, besides all the amazing side dishes, there was a whole TURKEY! TURKEY IN KOREA!  And of course, many bottles of wine and pumpkin pies.  I wish I got a picture of myself biting into that gigantic turkey leg.  For the Saturday after, I got together with some friends and friends of friends for a pseudo Thanksgiving potluck.  I baked a pecan pie and a pumpkin cheesecake for the dinner and they both turned out very tasty.  It was a fun night with lots of food (again), corky wine (blame the bottle opener), and discussing random topics from politics to criminology to Korean laundry machines. 

I'm thankful for the obvious things in my life:  Family, both old and new friends, Mattdol, Juni, opportunities, colleagues, my new blanket, and gchat.