Postcard from Melissa Rockow, during the Linfield College Semester Abroad Program at the Austro-American Institute of Education in Vienna, Austri

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Linfield College DigitalCommons@Linfield 2018-19 Postcards Postcards from Abroad 11-18-2018 Thanksgiving, Christkindlmarkts and First Snow! Melissa Rockow Linfield College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/intl_postcards_1819 Recommended Citation Rockow, Melissa, "Thanksgiving, Christkindlmarkts and First Snow!" (2018). 2018-19 Postcards. Article. Submission 7. https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/intl_postcards_1819/7 This Article is protected by copyright and/or related rights. It is brought to you for free via open access, courtesy of DigitalCommons@Linfield, with permission from the rights-holder(s). Your use of this Article must comply with the Terms of Use for material posted in DigitalCommons@Linfield, or with other stated terms (such as a Creative Commons license) indicated in the record and/or on the work itself. For more information, or if you have questions about permitted uses, please contact digitalcommons@linfield.edu. Melissa Rockow Vienna, Austria November 18th, 2018 Thanksgiving, Christkindlmarkts and First snow! For most people, i.e. everyone back in the States, it’s Thanksgiving break and therefore Thanksgiving time. However, in Austria, Thanksgiving does not exist; therefore, after Halloween it is STRAIGHT to Christmas. All the stores begin putting Christmas decorations out and lights are put up in the city center. The thought of missing and completely skipping Thanksgiving made all of us pretty sad. However, the AAIE made sure we wouldn’t miss a thing. On November 16th, we had a huge Thanksgiving dinner, from the turkey to the sweet potatoes. But with a huge twist: we Linfield students cooked it all. Yes mom, I said cooked it. The AAIE set up a wonderful program where we went to a school known for cooking and service, used their kitchen, and got help from one of their chefs. For roughly 4 hours, we cooked our Thanksgiving dinner- and let me tell you, it was not easy. It makes me even more grateful for all the parents and grandparents out there that have cooked Thanksgiving dinner every year. I do not know how they do it, they have got to be superhuman. After we cooked, our guests began to arrive. Our guests were our host families and professors from the institute. We began with some drinks and a great speech from Hermann. Eventually we sat down and ate all the amazing food we cooked. And let me tell you that was some of the best Thanksgiving food I’ve ever had (besides my mom’s mashed potatoes, ofcourse)! Now typically, the day after Thanksgiving is spent for resting because of all the food you’ve eaten. However, that day one of my friends from Linfield came to visit! Her name is Alex, andshe just recently finished her study abroad trip in Norway! Ana and I showed her around Vienna, and later that evening we all (Ana, Michaela, Vanessa and Alex) went to the mainChristmas market at the Rathaus (city hall). This Christmas market has about 150 stands and an ice-skating rink. There are several Christmas markets in Vienna and I hope to go to as many of them as possible. The Rathaus is more of a touristy area, however it is absolutely beautiful! On Thanksgiving Day (the 22nd of November) we all decided to spend it together and go ice skating! It was one of the best times I’ve had here and I will remember it forever. All the memories I have made here have been amazing With finals slowly approaching and only 3 weeks left here in Vienna, everyone is trying to make the most of our time. Hopefully I will have a little bit more to share with you next time! Melissa 

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