New Year's Day

Today is officially the start of a new year in Brazil, so why not blog about it? I never quite got started well on my last blog about my last semester in Brazil, so I'm hoping to do a bit better and be a bit more regular in this one.

I just got back yesterday from a two-week trip with my brother in Germany. All I can say about my trip there is that it involved 52 hours including 2 taxi rides, 1 bus ride, 2 plane rides, 7 train rides, 1 ride in a cop car to the police station, a German FBI search for me, a missed train, 150 euros gone and more. It was certainly eventful... My time there was good though. Nathan's host dad was great, taking us to Erfurt and Eisenach to see the world's largest German Christmas Market, Petersburg Castle, Wartburg Castle and Bach's House. What a trip! It was a wonderful way to end the year and after only a few more bumps and bruises, I made it safely back to Brazil, thank goodness! You have no idea how happy I was when I touched Brazilian ground again!

Well, let's see now. I guess I'll talk about how my New Year's Eve in Brazil went for all you curious readers. First of all imagine the craziest New Year's Eve party in the United States and multiply this image by two. Then erase the image completely from your mind because it was nothing like my New Year's Eve. My New Year's Eve was boring. Just plain boring. Hahaha. No huge parties, no festas on the beach, no crazy trips across Brazil. It certainly wasn't what I was hoping for. In fact, it was the opposite. I was so exhausted from packing, traveling, and the time change, that I actually fell asleep at 9:30 (well, I guess in Brazil, that would be 21:30) and missed it all. But, to console myself, I can tell myself I got a good night's sleep to start off the New Year...

I'm hoping to plan a few goals, get things in line and enjoy Brazil today. I'm sure this new year will be much better than the last!