Thanksgiving in England

Thanksgiving in England After reading Chris blog entry about Thanksgiving at MIT, I thought Id write about celebrating an American holiday in Britain. Although to be honest, instead of thinking, Wow Ive been in England for 2.5 months already! Ive been more along the lines of I cant believe its only been 2.5 months Anyhow, they dont celebrate Thanksgiving over here so we didnt get any days off. Rather, we sat through classes, thinking about turkeys, and then got depressed when we go online and none of our American friends are online because they are sleeping, spending time with family, and eating. Luckily, the world didnt end because the CME office held a Thanksgiving Dinner for us! All of the MIT students were invited as well as the students who went over to MIT last year. Cambridge faculty involved in the program were also invited. We enjoyed a 3 course meal with sweet potato soup, turkey and vegetables, and pumpkin pie. Ive got to say I wouldve rather served myself instead of being served. We only got 2 slices of turkey each but I think we were all pretty full by the end of it. The chefs. They dont understand why we like turkey so much. Food, yum People and pumpkin pie, yay! Yup. Im truly thankful to have great MIT people sharing this experience with me. I dont know what I would do without the other MIT students and the awesome staff at the International office!