Frohes Neues Jahr!

Happy 2013! Crazy that 2012 has already come and gone....the ending was such a blur....and so was the beginning of 2013, as a matter of fact. I'm very lucky to say that I got to spend my last month of 2012 in both Germany and America. Going home for Christmas was a great decision, and also a good 're-coop' for this next, busy semester.

        At the end of November, the weather was really starting to get on my nerves. It had rained and rained this whole semester, but now that it was actually cold enough to snow, there was no more rain. It was so frustrating!! But then came December 1st, and finally the first snow of the year appeared, (December 1st is always a lucky day for me for some reason). My friend Hendrik was visiting me in Lüneburg that night- and we got to chill in the snowwww :).





The last two weeks of school were filled with more birthdays, Christmas markets, Christmas cookie baking and the Spanish New Year, (still don't know if that one is still true, but it was a fun night just the same). Seeing everything decorated in my town and covered in snow was grat motivation to get up and go to class in the morning. December in Lüneburg flew by!

 

Flying back to America was bittersweet....I was excited to be home for a little, but being home also meant that my time in Germany was already half way over. I still cannot wrap my mind around that. Staying for a year was the best decision I have ever made; I could not imagine how I would feel after only a semester! I'm already missing the semester-long friends that I've made, but I know we will stay in touch. *Seriously missing you guys so much!!! :(*

  

Ron was able to fly back to America for Christmas as well, and we had a great time just chillin with some friends, my parents and Freddie, of course :). 10 days seemed like enough time, but coming back and leaving America was harder this time than it was before! But now that I'm back and settled, it all feels ok again. I think 10 days was just a tease, if you ask me. 

The year ended with a New Year's party, (or 'Silvester', as Germans call it) at Celly's house. All of us got together for Raclette, (this AMAZING German winter-time dinner) and then partied all night. We brought the new year in with no snow, so that was a bummer, but it feels like it will start up again really soon!

So, Frohes Neues Jahr! Happy New Year! And make this one count :). Ready for Deutschalnd, Round 2!