Unfortunately, our dearest whuffle did not get a really traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Hopefully, some of the Halloween candy made up for it - the experience itself certainly did.
L
ast time I actually jumped too far forward in the story, I totally forgot about Halloween and Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving is kind of a big deal in America. You surely know the story of the Native Americans and the settlers and the cold winter and so on. And we all watched these American movies, where the entire family sits around a big table, in the middle a big golden brown turkey with mashed potatoes, green beans and other stuff framing it.
Lining up for candy. Who wouldn't enjoy doing that?
Well, my host parents didn't do such a thing this year. Even after me and my host sister begging for it, we still didn't get a turkey. My host mum made ham and beans and potato gratin. Let me come back to the ham. It was cold, and this hasn't even been an accident. No, it was SUPPOSED to be cold! The gratin was quite good; however, there was no difference to other suppers during the year. I was pretty disappointed because a teacher even invited us to come to his family dinner and have turkey with them. Well, it just shouldn't have been. After this "great" meal, my host parents took me, their youngest son (20), their grandchild (3) and us two exchange students to a weekend vacation to Frankenmuth. Frankenmuth was a German town; Germans settled there and built a second Bavaria there. I was impressed that all German writing was correct. Unfortunately, the foods seemed Americanized, even the Pretzels were fried. Gross stuff, I'm telling you! In Frankenmuth there is also the greatest Christmas store in the world, with every kind of Cuteness, Trash and Weirdness, you could possibly imagine. But still it was very nice to see all these lights. On Sunday we returned home after a six hour drive.
The fallen whuffle angel - pretty (scary)!
Halloween is also a big thing in the United States, much bigger than in Europe. From toddlers who just started walking to folks who almost graduated already - everyone dressed up and went into town to collect candy. I was a horned dark angel. I LOVED my horns! They were actually pretty comfortable to wear, and they looked gorgeous! I would like to wear them every day, but I'm already declared crazy and that wouldn't help it too much. Anyways, I got a bunch of candy; green, purple and strange stuff I'd never eat, so I brought it to school and gave it to my classmates. Of course, they loved it!
I won't forget this Halloween, that's for sure. I never thought dressing up offers that much fun!
Well then, that's it for today. Buenas dias!
Magi is 17 years old and lives in Bradford in the US state of Ohio since summer last year (yes, this high school exchange student thing). On WOOLING.NET she tells you about the daily routine over there. Have a look on what she already published.
Fotos: Flickr - Joits, Magdalena Schreiber (2)
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