Thanksgiving in Vienna

It was my first time being away from home for three months at a time. Not to mention being away on thanksgiving. I felt like I had grown a little from just being away on my own without my family but at the same time I felt like I was a kid again when I wanted to be home for thanksgiving. The president of Lipscomb came to observe our study aboard program. He was spending is thanksgiving break with us and he made plans for us to all go out to eat for a turkey meal. He took us to an “American” restaurant on the Tuesday before thanksgiving. It was similar to a thanksgiving feast but it was the classical American meal. We had mashed sweet potatoes and green peas with actually cranberries instead of sauce. The turkey was good but I missed my mom’s pumpkin pie. On Thursday, with President Lowry gone we were all fending for ourselves. A group of us decided to go to our favorite restaurant in Vienna, which was a tiny Thai place with the spiciest pad thai I have ever had. Instead of turkey I had chicken, instead of dressing I had thai noodles, instead of green beans I had onion sprouts, and instead of cranberries I had peanuts. After dinner we walked past a McDonalds and decided that a Mcflurry could replace our pumpkin pea for the night. We were together, which I learned, is all that matters. My Vienna family and I had our own type of Thanksgiving.