Diciembre!

Hola amigos!

      So, December, and 2012, are drawing to a close and I have recently passed the 3 month and 100 day marks here in Spain. Christmas was so different here than it is with my family in Canada. Some things like a big family meal were similar, but most things were different. Christmas was a very difficult time, as it is very important in my family and it is one of the few times of the year I get to see everyone. My host family, immediate and extended, is amazing. Yesterday Arthur (host brother) and I returned from 2 days in Valencia with his cousin and her boyfriend. The cousin is around 55 ish and the same for the boyfriend, and apparently they come every year around Christmas. It was so much fun, we saw the beautiful buildings of La Ciudad de Las Artes Y Ciencias, the huge park in the city, the main plazas, and of course, the beach. Never have I seen such beautiful architecture.

      I move families in a little over a week, which I am both sad and excited about. I love my current family, they have been so great to me, but at the same time I will be happy to live with an all Spanish family and really get the language drilled into my head some more. I think I will still keep in touch with my first family though, maybe have lunch with them once every week or two.

     Well friends, it is 4am and tomorrow is New Years Eve so I need my beauty sleep. Feliz año and felices fiestas a todos! Os quiero, besos!