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As you might expect, Hanoi isn’t the greatest place for Americans (since it’s not in America) and often, I completely forget about the big American holidays, since, well, they’re just normal days here.
But I LOVE Thanksgiving. Love love love. Cause it’s my birthday too (Nov. 26), very convenient to kick off the holidays. Last year on my birthday, I met my two future bosses during a short stay in Hanoi while I was working in Malaysia. This year, ah, I didn’t do too much. As in nothing- had just finished the basketball tournament, and was super sore.
For Thanksgiving though, 4 days before my birthday (and Thuy’s, as a matter of fact), had Thanksgiving Friday dinner with some good friends ([[Jimmy]], Hung, Vinh) and my team at work- wanted to introduce my team to the holiday, especially because they don’t eat Turkey (ga tay) here.
- Did a little Thanksgiving “thankful” speech before eating- never had done that before
- Tried to do the wishbone tradition but we all couldn’t figure where it was on the turkey.
- Brought home a $15/person meal for everyone, at at Hung’s house (which is near the KFC on Le Duan)
- $15/person from the Press Club: outrageously expensive. Good turkey, but low on the sides. Good potatoes, not-so-good stuffing. Stuffing was like a circular patty of what I do not consider to be stuffing. Cranberry was good as well.
A few photos of the attendees:
