This weekend, all of the Fulbright ETA's were invited to the American Ambassador's residence for a big Thanksgiving meal. I, of course, was all about eating some turkey this Thanksgiving and headed up to Seoul on Friday, prepared to eat big platefuls of the stuff come Saturday. Saturday morning, some Fulbright friends and I hit up the huge Kyobo bookstore (of course, focusing our efforts on the English section-- they had loads of novels and every other kind of book--how exciting!) before heading over to the Ambassador's house (yes, we actually ate our dinner in the Ambassador's house) to receive our turkey, gravy, ham, mashed potatoes, steamed veggies, salads, bread, and pumpkin/apple/chocolate/cherry pie. How amazing! It was great to see everyone again, though briefly, and it was nice to be able to celebrate an American Thanksgiving
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