Two Thanksgivings

Believe it or not, Thanksgiving can be hard to come by in France! (Joking, obviously). This favorite American holiday rolled around at what seemed to be the perfect time-4 months after leaving the US, with still a month to go before seeing our friends and families again. All of the American students at HEC were pretty excited when the school announced it would be hosting a traditional Thanksgiving feast in honor of the American students. You can see from our smiles below that we all had a good time, but when you reach the photo of the food, you will understand that our smiles came from the laughing we were doing while we talked about just how bad it was.

Peggy and Vikram reading about the history of Thanksgiving (provided on all of the tables).

They still made us use cafeteria trays?

The photo you've all been waiting for.


With this being our first Thanksgiving as a married couple, we decided to host our very own traditional meal, thankfully having Cherche-Midi in Paris renter-free for that weekend. We invited some of our closest American friends (and of course our Brazilian friends we never seem to want to do anything without!) over to enjoy a real home cooked meal!

All the fixins'

It's nearly impossible to find a whole turkey in Paris (for under 50 euros, that is) and often a challenge to fit something so big in a pint-sized French oven. So we opted to create a whole bird by buying a butterflied breast and two legs. Peter did the seasoning with herbs and garlic, and it was perfect!

A melange of seasonal vegetables from the local market.

The full, home-made, from scratch, meal!

Turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, roasted vegetables, salad with cranberries, walnuts and goat cheese, and an apple-pear crumble for dessert!

How we didn't manage to get better pictures of the group, I'll never know, but needless to say, we were all very happy to celebrate our holiday together!