1. Misha, Freshman, Wharton, Canada
Where are you going: Los Angeles!
Who are you going with: I’m visiting my boyfriend at UCLA.
What are you going to eat: Not turkey...probably Chinese food!
2. Sanjula, Freshman, Wharton, Sri Lanka
Where are you going: There's not enough time to fly home, so I plan to stay on campus.
Who are you going with: I have a lot of friends staying as well so we'll just enjoy the time off together! I'll probably spend a lot of time studying for my math and Econ finals to get ahead though.
What are you going to eat: Looks like more dining halls and dining dollars for me...
3. Justine, Freshman, Wharton, Jamaica
Where are you going: Daytona, Ohio.
Who are you going to be with: My aunt and cousin.
What are you going to eat: No clue. I assume there will be turkey.
4. Eric, Freshman, Wharton, Hong Kong
Where are you going: I'm going to NYC or Miami, not sure yet.
Who are you going to be with: My sister and friends.
What are you going to eat: No idea, lots of different stuff for sure
5. Kat, Sophomore, College, Philippines
Where are you going: New Jersey. Then I'm going to New York to see Ewan McGregor on Broadway.
Who are you going to be with: My cousins, then some friends.
What are you going to eat: Turkey and Filipino food, which is usually rice and meat.
6. Sky, Sophomore, College, South Korea
Where are you going: Kingston, Jamaica
Who are you going with: My roommate and his family.
What are you going to eat: A lot of Jamaican deliciousness.
7. Diane, Sophomore, College, France
Where are you going: I’m going to New York and then driving to Boston on Black Friday.
Who are you going with: My dad.
What are you going to eat: I will be eating probably Italian because it's the only food my dad and I can agree on, unless we find a restaurant on Thursday that serves a typical Thanksgiving dinner.
8. Juan, Sophomore, Huntsman, Chile
Where are you going: NYC
Who are you going with: I'm going to see my brother and cousin.
What are you going to eat: A nice New York strip steak.
9. Georgia, Junior, College, England
Where are you going: Montreal.
Who are you going with: My twin sister, four French girls and an Estonian girl—my
best friends from high school.
What are you going to eat: I think we’re going to attempt to make a
proper Thanksgiving meal, but it will probably end up being margaritas and take out.
10. Arthur, Junior, Engineering, Brazil
Where are you going: New Jersey
Who are you going with: I'm going to my housemate's house, so I'll be with his family.
What are you going to eat: Normal Thanksgiving food.
11. Molly, Junior, College, Abroad in England
Where are you going to be: London. Then Friday to Monday I'm traveling to Spain with another friend abroad—it'll be nice to be with a close friend during a weekend I would normally spend with my family home in Philly.
Who are you going to be with: The Penn English program is organizing a dinner for us. It’ll be a meal with the other kids in my program and professors and grad students from Penn.
What are you going to eat: I think catered foods like turkey and such. Perhaps they’ll throw in traditional
British roast foods but that might just be wishful thinking on my part.
12. Abby, Junior, College, Abroad in Argentina
Where are you going to be: Uruguay, to the house of our program director.
Who are you going to be with: The entire program. Out of 100 or so people, I think there are like 20 Penn kids.
What are you going to eat: I actually have no idea. They’re very big on pure de papas, soprobably mashed potatoes. It’s Argentina, so I wouldn’t be surprised if there was steak.
13. Sami, junior, College, Abroad in England
Where are you going: I’m going Moscow.
Who are you going with: I’ll be with my parents.
What are you going to eat: I’ll probably be eating gelato!
14. Tiffany, Junior, College, Hong Kong
Where are you going: I'm staying at Penn.
Who are you going be with: My roommates.
What are you going to eat: We're doing a potluck. I'll probably make something Asian.
15. Gabby, Junior, College, Abroad in Denmark
Where are you going to be: Copenhagen, which obviously doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving and has
already skipped over to Christmas celebrations.
Who are you going to be with: I'm eating and cooking with other students living in my dorm. We're going
to cook all day with our Danish RAs and have a big meal in our dining room.
What are you going to eat: Since turkey isn't easy to come by in Denmark, we're thinking of just cooking a rotisserie chicken with all of the works—cranberry sauce, stuffing, etc. And definitely some sweet potatoes and salads. We're also going to attempt to make mulled wine (hot wine with spices) which is
really big in Denmark this time of year.
16. Dimitri Antoniou, Junior, College, Abroad in Vietnam
Where are you going to be: Hanoi, Vietnam.
Who are you going to be with: I will be with students and faculty from my program, as well as a group of host students from the Hanoi School of Public Health.
What are you going to eat: Hopefully we'll be eating a dinner that very closely resembles traditional American Thanksgiving with turkey, stuffing, pie, and the rest...I really have no idea what we'll be eating.
17. Ajai, Senior, College, Australia
Where are you going to be: Philly
Who are you going with: I'm going to be at my frat brother's uncle's house.
What are you going to eat: No idea...turkey?
18. Greta, Senior, College, Italy
Where are you going: Denver.
Who are you going with: My friend. His mother recently moved to Denver so it'll be a family
visit situation but also seeing a completely different part of America.
What are you going to eat: Something between home–cooked French/whatever is open on Thanksgiving/whatever munchies we get in Colorado. Maybe there will be a turkey, but I definitely don't know how to cook one.
19. Tiffany, Senior, College, France
Where are you going: I’m going to Chicago.
Who are you going with: One of my housemates.
What are you going to eat: She’s Polish but from Chicago, so I will be eating lots of Polish food.
20. Rhea, Senior, College, India
Where are you going: I’m going to be spending Thanksgiving in Las Vegas. It’s kind of a tradition with the Indian International students on campus in their senior year. Thanksgiving isn’t a holiday for us, so we might as well use it as an excuse to take advantage of cheaper rates during the holiday time!
Who are you going with: I’m going to be going with my Indian friends from Penn, and the entire Indian international community that is currently 21 in the USA. Literally, it’s like Diwali came late for us, and Indians from every college in the country (and from Canada, and even some studying in the UK) flock to Las Vegas looking for opportunities for alcohol–induced debauchery. It’s amazing.
What are you going to eat: I will probably not be eating turkey…which is kind of a shame, because I always wanted to experience the full Thanksgiving food spread at least once during my time at Penn.
21. Antonia, Senior, College, Sweden
Where are you going: I'm going to do the typical international student thing and go to New York. Fortunately it's my best friend's 21st on that Thursday so we'll be celebrating the whole weekend.
Who are you going with: I'll be with my best friend from middle school who goes to NYU.
What are you going to eat: I'll be eating a typical Thanksgiving dinner at her house. Her family shelters me during holidays I don't understand. And birthday cake.
22. Aman, Senior, College, United Arab Emirates
Where are you going: Connecticut.
Who are you going to be with: My relatives.
What are you going to eat: Normal Thanksgiving food, plus some Indian food.
23. Zeynep, Senior, Wharton, Turkey
Where are you going: Chicago.
Who are you going with: Three other Turks.
What are you going to eat: We never eat anything special for Thanksgiving. I'm just going to go to a restaurant and have my regular burger.
