Thanksgiving

Coming to the end of our programs, yesterday we had a "Cena de Despedida" and a Thanksgiving dinner all rolled into one for the whole ISA program. That means that there were all 40 of the students in the program, the 6 ladies that work at the ISA office, and all the families of the students. All in all, about 150-200 people were there.


[Two of my 'tias' and I]

Supposedly starting at 7:30, the dinner was held in the basement of the Casa Central and didn't really get started until 8:30. All the students brought dessert and pisco sour, while the parents brought side dishes and wine, and the turkey was provided by ISA. I made my Swedish Chocolate Balls and a Vegetarian Turkey Stuffing. But most of the side dishes definitely had a Chilean flair to them, reminiscent of the food that we had at Fiestas Patrias asados.


[A bunch of us ISAers at the dinner]

It was really nice to have this dinner as our despedida, not only because all the students were there, but also because all of our Chilean families were there too. There was also a talent show that included singing and dancing acts, a mock awards show, and then we gave out thanks to our families and the wonderful ladies at ISA who have worked so hard to make our experience here great.


[Sigrid and I at dinner]