{"id":4609,"date":"2012-11-27T05:04:58","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T13:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ups.edu\/studyingabroad\/?p=4609"},"modified":"2012-11-27T05:04:58","modified_gmt":"2012-11-27T13:04:58","slug":"do-hamburgers-eat-hamburgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/studyingabroad\/2012\/11\/27\/do-hamburgers-eat-hamburgers\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Hamburgers eat hamburgers?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, I taught 5 Thanksgiving lessons.\u00a0 Meaning, I taught the same lesson five times.\u00a0 Three times on Tuesday, each class back-to-back.\u00a0 That was a little surreal.\u00a0 All of my classes thought Americans give gifts on Thanksgiving, which I find to be a really strange idea.\u00a0 Gift-giving is for birthdays and Christmas!\u00a0 Fabian, one of my roommates, thought the same, and so I asked him why.\u00a0 He thought we gave<\/em> each other presents, and then thanked<\/em> each other for giving gifts.\u00a0 Hence, “Thanksgiving”.\u00a0 I suppose I can understand the logic of that.<\/p>\n

Making a Thanksgiving Tree is a family tradition, one which I shared with my classes.\u00a0 I cut leaves (probably close to two-hundred!) out of colored construction paper, and a tree trunk with bare branches.\u00a0 We taped the tree up the wall, and then each student wrote something he or she was thankful for on his or her leaf.\u00a0 Each student had one leaf, and taped it up somewhere on the tree.\u00a0 That way, we “grew” a tree of thanks.\u00a0 They were all very excited about it, and you can see some examples of trees:<\/p>\n

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Thursday, I worked until 3:15, and then skedaddled back to my apartment to grab my things and make my train to Hamburg.\u00a0 At 9:33, I finally arrived at my destination, where the lovely Kayleen welcomed me to her city.\u00a0 We stayed up late drinking tea and chatting, a pair of activities which were to become very common during my stay with her.\u00a0 On Friday, we went to a farmer’s market underneath the Strassenbahn, and collected food for dinner.\u00a0 We collected Elise at the Hbf, and Kim and Burgwedel.\u00a0 We took over Kayleen’s kitchen, cooking chicken, regular mashed potatoes, spiced yams (also mashed), garlic bread, a delicious green salad with avocado, brussel sprouts, and, for dessert, the most amazing pumpkin pie I’ve ever had.\u00a0 Mmmmm.\u00a0 And, with the exception of the chicken, it was all vegan and Kat-friendly.\u00a0 ^_^\u00a0 We drank wine, talked late into the night, and enjoyed each other’s company at our little American Thanksgiving dinner.<\/p>\n

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Kayleen, Elise, Kim (clockwise from far left)<\/p><\/div>\n

Kayleen and I attempted to tour Hamburg and do touristy things, on Saturday, but we were both sleep and slow-moving in the fog-laden city.\u00a0 We walked through the Elbetunnel, saw the Davidswache police station, and explored the spice museum.\u00a0 And then we were tired and hungry, so we retreated to Schanzenstern, an organic cafe, where we met Elise and Kim for hot chocolate and lunch.\u00a0 Afterwards, we all just walked through the dimly-lit streets of Hamburg.\u00a0 The fog, which before had made everything gloomy, now gave everything a mysterious, gothic feel.\u00a0 We couldn’t see the top of the church next to the Rathaus.\u00a0 The Weihnachtsmarkts were not yet open, but we walked through them, anyways, watching people set-up the stalls.\u00a0 I had Christmas carols in my mind.\u00a0 Now that we have had and enjoyed Thanksgiving, I am ready to start thinking about Christmas.\u00a0 ^_^<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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