First Thanksgiving not in the US

So, Brandon and I spent Thanksgiving day working and going to class.  I even had a job interview on Thanksgiving morning!  I applied for a job as a student blogger at Goldsmiths working on a brand new project they are starting called "Inside Goldsmiths."  I am supposed to hear back from them next week if I got a spot on the team.  It sounds like a cool job, I would get to attend events at Goldsmiths and around London (which I'm pretty much doing already...) and then blog about them!  On top of that they mentioned they would train the students in photography, video editing and creative writing.  Sounds like an amazing job, but I'll have to wait and hear the results from them later this week.

Anyway, after attending Ethnomusicology class, we worked as Student Ambassadors for a post-graduate open house.  This was for prospective post-graduate students to learn more about Goldsmiths.  I had the best job of the night - stand by the free chocolate/coffee/tea table and give people goodies and talk to them about life at Goldsmiths.  It was great to meet new people and tell them about studying here as a post-graduate student.

Even though Thanksgiving day was kind-of a bust, we did manage to have two wonderful Thanksgiving meals with people we have met.  The first was on Wednesday, with another American girl we met in the first week on campus named Bri.  She invited us to her dorm kitchen where we ate a festive meal with other post-grads.

Thanksgiving number one

 On Friday we had an amazing 'around the world' meal with the fellow Ethnomusicologists!  (It was also to celebrate a birthday of one of them).  We had dishes from the UK, Portugal, Colombia, Italy, Belgium and Finland (along with the "famous" Sundin family corn casserole!!). The meal was then followed by hours of music jam sessions and sharing our favorite songs with each other.  It was such a great end to the week!

A dinner from around the world!

I wish I had a picture of our whole group, but I am waiting for my friend to send them to me (I did not take any...oops!)

We are so blessed to have gotten to know all these brilliant people.  I am so thankful to have this opportunity to study in London and be surrounded by so much culture!  I was also glad to share the tradition of Thanksgiving with people who have never celebrated before! I hope everyone in the States had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Stay tuned for the next blog post, where we will share our recent experience at the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment concert....let's just say I've never been to an orchestra concert quite like this one, and Brandon's venture into playing Shakuhachi.

Emily (ed. Brandon)