2016 is winding down and coming to a close…and it has been an enourmously eventufl year for me. Upon reminiscing over the year, realizing just how much has occured over the past 365 days. The dream list, posted in January of this year, I successfully marked off several components.
Here are just a few of this years occurences:
- My brother got married and I caught the bouquet
- I hosted a final garage sale, selling the general contents of my house
- I moved to a foriegn country
- Danced in a public venue
- Enjoyed a live Baroque Quartet
- Sampled Many different worldy beverages, many of them ocffee in origin
- I learned how to navitage and use the tram, buses, and other public transportation in Germany
- My best friend had a baby
- My brother and his wife had a baby.
- I adventured often in South West Germany
- I had tea in a castle
- I climbed to the top of an old fortress tower
- Met up with an old friend of 20 years (an exchange student that lived with my family)
- Gave a tour to my Grandfather
- Practiced baking and cooking, expanding my culinary abilities and flavors
- Wrote and received mail to and from friends and family
- Read a childrens book (all on my own) in German
- Spent Christmas Eve with German friends
- Enrolled and attended German language courses
- Learned how to use WhatsApp
- Lost Weight
- Lost a Grandmother and Aunt
- Attended-toured 3 different Christmas Markets in Germany
- Petted Donkeys and Goats in a live Nativity
- Crossed country borders in a car and bus
- Shopped in a French Super Market
- Drank Turkish Coffee
- Thomas and I got a kitten
- Thomas has started to teach me the joys of soccer
- Open Air soccer viewing in an open air event
- video chatted for the first time with friends and family
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