hello all! and welcome to a cross-cultural thanksgiving experience.
i had a normal day of class and then a pretty normal afternoon. martha and i went to a friend's apartment at about 6. she was hosting a thanksgiving dinner for pretty much anyone, including american students, other foreign students, spanish people, and one american girl's family. we visited with them and ate lots of cookies. before they were sitting down for dinner, our friend will arrived and needed help carrying his food over. so martha and i volunteered to help. our walk to and from will's was perfect. 
i consider martha and him my closest friends here, so it was really nice to get to spend a few minutes together. we competed with coming up the most things we were thankful for (i think i won).! then martha went home to talk to her family and i came back here to a full swing thanksgiving dinner cooking kitchen. i started the mashed potatoes and got so nervous about messing up. then alex (the american girl that lives with my host family's sister) and her friend hannah arrived to help me.
we had a full thanksgiving dinner; turkey, stuffing, green beans, corn, mashed potatoes, and some cranberry toppings (close to cranberry sauce or whatever we usually have) !!!
it was really awesome. then i went to martha's house for the night because neither of us wanted our night to be over. that is where i talked with most of you! i wish i could have seen you, but it was still fun and comforting to be in contact.
also, you'll see they let me hold a knife and drink wine at the same time. .. DANGEROUS.
Alright so then today martha, will and i went to elche, a city near alicante. there was a food festival going on, so of course we went. also, elche has one of the biggest palm tree parks in the world (i think).
my day included catching the 11 am train to elche. wandering through palm trees, talking with ducks, watching babies feed swans, eating cupcakes and truffles, drinking wine, and other good things.
it was a blast to spend the day with martha and will. usually i have such a good time with both separately, so it was double the excitement to have them together. 
^^ my life with two cute red heads.
i hope that you can watch this video. we missed our original train home so i went walking and found this cool glass box full of old people dancing. of course i collected these two and we went to check it out. they are literally the best. <333
miss you all. heading to bed so i can be up and ready for dad tomorrow!
Haha! I love it all, especially the phrase about the glass box full of old people dancing! I couldn't imagine, but sure enough, it was a glass box full of old people dancing! Will and Martha gave those old folks a run for their money! I think that one gal at the end thought you were filming for Hollywood or something! You are crazy.
ReplyDeleteThe holiday was just as Carmen had described! Your table looked just about like ours! That was so kind of them to treat you to a bit of the US tradition! They have been such a fine match for you and I am forever grateful.
Your outing sounded fun. How far a train trip was it from Alicante? You find the greatest things to explore and do. I am not really surprised. It is who you are. Live in the moment, right?
Thank you for sharing your adventures. So good to see you and hear from you. Love you so much.