{"id":17448,"date":"2019-03-01T09:55:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T08:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/blog\/?p=17448"},"modified":"2020-11-09T12:45:12","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T11:45:12","slug":"my-first-thanksgiving-wonderful-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/my-first-thanksgiving-wonderful-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"My first Thanksgiving, a wonderful experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever since I’ve come to San Francisco on my J1 visa, I’ve tried to take weekend trips to other cities to explore as much of the US as I could. In these trips (see my blog posts <\/span>Weekend trip to Sacranento<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Weekend trip to Santa Ana<\/span><\/a>), I always made a point to try as much new food as possible. Little that I knew, the real foodie experience was still ahead of me: Thanksgiving.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In these last months, I made some friends in San Francisco. One of them, invited me to spend Thanksgiving with her and her family in Salt Lake City. It was perfect!<\/span><\/p>\n

First of all, the Salt Lake City is in Utah, a state that is approximately a 2-hour plane ride away north of San Francisco. As such, it was very cold and snowy, which already made for a great sight and an amazing start for the weekend trip. Not only Utah features some <\/span>amazing natural landscapes<\/span><\/a> where ominous snowed mountains are predominant throughout the state, but it also has some adorable little cities where old architecture and modern buildings blend almost seamlessly. I had never even heard of it before coming to the US, so it was a great discovery for me – one that I can recommend experiencing to anybody who comes on a J1 visa<\/a>!<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

After I got an amazing tour of the most important landmarks of the area, it was time to celebrate Thanksgiving. I loved helping with the cooking (I had never had a chance to try or prepare any of the holiday’s classic recipes), but I must admit, I was not ready for the sheer amounts of food that were about to come my way.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A giant delicious stuffed turkey, gravy, sweet corn, brussel\u00a0sprouts, stuffing, mashed potatoes, several cranberry-based side dishes (who knew cranberry can be so good!), 16-layers gelatin, and two delicious pies: a pecan pie and a caramel pie. I ate so much I could barely move next day. And, oh, it was worth it!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The ambient was lovely as well<\/strong>, as many people spend this holiday around their families and they invest themselves to a great extent when it comes to decorating the house and making everything feel comfortable and cozy. After 6 months apart from my family back in Spain, this was perfect for me.<\/span><\/p>\n

So please, if you’re ever in the US around Thanksgiving, make it a point to try and spend it with a local family – you won’t regret your decision.<\/span><\/p>\n

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