A Tale of Three Thanksgivings

I lucked out this year. I got to celebrate Thanksgiving three times. The first time was with the professors and other exchange students from the Universidad Vina del Mar. Every exchange student was supposed to bring in a popular dish from their native country. I brought in cornbread, and some other American students brought in mini burgers, baked beans, and cheesecake. A student from France brought in different cheeses, and a Australian student brought Pavlova which was delicious!
Directly after leaving the "Thanksgiving" feast at the University i met up with some friends and my host mom drove us to CIEE's Thanksgiving dinner. All of the CIEE students were there and we consumed turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and of course pumpkin pie in mass quantaties. It was a delicious meal, but a bittersweet night because we had to start to say our goodbyes to one another.
Two days later my host family decided to celebrate Thanksgiving again, and so we drove to my Uncle's house in the countryside near Santiago. I made pumpkin pie for everyone to try, and it was an instant hit. We ate the pumpkin pie right at the begining and then start making empanadas. I think now I am an expert at making empanadas! After eating a huge lunch of pie and empanadas we walked around and picked cherries nearby. We drove back to Vina that night full of delicious food and ready to spend the next day at the beach.

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