I realise this is a bit late, and I really have no excuse because I passed all my exams (woohoo!) so I don't even have any work to do... but by now you should all be used to me and my ridiculously sporadic updates here!
I wanted to write a New Year update (because I'm original like that) because 2012 was, frankly, a bit of a kickass year. I had a feeling it would be, but sometimes it's not until you come out the other side that you can see exactly how great something really is.
2012 was the year I visited three new countries (and three 'old' ones) and eleven new cities, started learning two new languages, worked in a pub for the first time, went on a cruise for the first time, and moved abroad for the first time (though I have a feeling it won't be the last). It was also the first full year I lived having moved out of my childhood home, though I did spend a few months back there in the summer. I also taught English for the first time, to a fourteen year old Italian boy and three Catalan children aged five and three. In 2012 I met a hell of a lot of fabulous people from all over the world, actually started enjoying nights out, experienced my first nine-day-long Spanish festival, learnt how much fun it can be to live with friends, and fell hopelessly in love with the Catalan culture and language.
I get to spend the first half of 2013 back in Spain, and then I embark on my third and final year of university. I don't feel old enough to be halfway through my degree already and I know most of my friends feel the same way, but we'll just have to make the most of the time we have left.
Molly x
