Thanksgiving, or Laura half fulfills a childhood dream.

Our BGSU program threw a Thanksgiving party for us. It was held at Sternbräu brewery here in Salzburg. All our teachers at university were invited, as well as our room mates and friends. All told, there was probably about 200 people there. Outside of the food, there was supposed to be an entertainment portion. I volunteered to be on this committee, and unfortunately, the girl who was SUPPOSED to head it up, did jack crap. Luckily for our program director, Amber and I saved him the embarrassment of not having a show to put on. Amber and I decided, Hey! We're in Salzburg! The home of The Sound of Music! And none of the Austrians have the foggiest idea what it is! So, we put together a few numbers from the show. We sang The Lonely Goatherd, Edelweiss, and So Long, Farewell. WITH TWO PEOPLE. And it was amazing. Also, we bought dirndls. :D We go all out, I tell you.
The dirndl I bought wasn't really the kind I was looking for; I wanted something more traditional, but the lady selling us them insisted this color looked better on my skin, as did the top. So whatever, it's pretty.

So Amber and I performed in our dirndls. And we were wonderful; I can't tell you how many compliments we got. But what was even better was the feeling of singing Sound of Music (My favorite musical since I was like 6), in Salzburg. On a real stage (albeit small) in dirndls.

Yodeling. Those people int he background are our goatherd, girl, and baby. :) Amber has this on video; hopefully I'll be able to get a hold of it.

After the lovely entertainment, it was time for dinner. The brewery actually did the cooking, aside from the stuffing and pumpkin pie. The turkey wasn't at all like the heaps of the stuff we get a home; it was small turkey medallions. We all knew it wouldn't be fair to compare to home, but we couldn't help talking about our grandma's sweet potato casserole or grandpa's turkey. So the food wasn't what we were hoping, but the pumpkin pie was amazing. It was homemade by the students and our program director's wife. The Austrians didn't really like the pie and were amazed at how much of that stuff we scarfed down. It was GOOD.


I think in this picture you can see why the dirndl lady told us we both needed push-up bras to make them look right. :)

After dinner, we all headed out to our favorite Irish pub for a little celebrating.

All around, a good Thanksgiving. I mean, how can you top singing Maria in Salzburg?
(Take that Lehman High School, I don't need your approval)