C'est Thanksgiving Charlie Brown!

I will take off my iron-clad exterior, just for a moment, and show you all a side of my vulnerability, haha. I will admit, that on Thanksgiving this year, I was incredibly homesick. It hit me when I was eating alone in my room, in silence. At least I had prepared a nice meal for myself, but nonetheless, it was lonely, and it felt slightly pathetic. I longed to be with my family, eating turkey and reminiscing. Instead, I was stuck in a prison sized room, thinking about the French exam I had earlier...which seemed to be an extra kick in the knees.

While the actual Thanksgiving day sucked, I did have something to look forward to. Yesterday, I held a French version of Thanksgiving in my hall's kitchen. Luckily, it was potluck, so I didn't have to cook too much, but I did spend Friday baking pies with my Turkish friend Gulay. We made an apple pie and a sweet potato pie. Surprisingly, both came out really well! (Considering I didn't use recipes and guessed with the metric measurements)

Anyway, my French Thanksgiving turned out to be a blast. It totally cheered me up from the humdrum holiday I had on Thursday. I really should call it an Internation Thanksgiving, because all of my friends from around the world showed up. I had friends from Turkey, Germany, Latvia, Finland, China, Italy, the Czech Republic, and Poland! It is amazing when we are speaking French together, because we all sort of forget that we are from completely different parts of the world, and just enjoy ourselves. Last night we ate and drank and danced, and just had a really great time. I am thankful that I have this opportunity to meet new people from all over the world and have this experience in France!

Check my flikr for pics of Lyon and Thanksgiving!