In a crowded little town, thousands of miles away from home, a number of foreigners gathered together to celebrate Thanksgiving and kick off the holiday season. Weeks earlier a frozen turkey was purchased at a the local Cost Co. for a whopping 60,000 won and care packages were sent from distant places filled with rarities such as candy corn and Stove Top stuffing mix…
When you are in a foreign city it is important to embrace the surrounding culture, but when the holidays arrive it can be very depressing without the familiar traditions and faces. To alleviate this gloom, the expat group collectively decided to throw a semi-traditionalThanksgiving dinner (on Saturday, since all of us had to work on Thursday).
Instead of Pilgrims and Indians, Americans, Canadians, Brits and Koreans alike shared this feast. Furthermore, in lieu of Plymouth Rock we congregated at my residence in Paju (a decision made solely on the basis that we have an oven… most apartments are ill-equipped to roast a turkey).
Thanks to Zach, the turkey turned out golden and delicious! We had everything from mashed potatoes with gravy to pumpkin pie. Despite the close quarters and lack of seating, I do believe that all 19 attendees enjoyed the festivities and left with very full bellies!
For those of you paying attention, "my residence in Paju" means that I have made the move from Illsan! I am now living with Zach an Abueng. You can get an idea of our place from some of the pics above. My room is on the other side of the wall that the yellow couch is on :) and here are some pics from the street. There's no place like home!
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