au se eu te pego do inferno

Pego do Inferno

Who knew that in the middle of these orange and lemon farms in the Portuguese algarve, you could find this:

 

The water was cold.. but that didnt hold this Alaskeña back

dos mil doce

Soooo, in case you didn't already know, 2011 is gone and 2012 is here!

To sum up 2011, I'd say it was an interesting year, full of adventures, mis-adventures, my first time being 'deported', new friends, new languages, falling in and out of love with America and Spain over and over again. It was the year that brought me to Ayamonte, and for that I am a very happy chiquilla. 

2012 is off to a beautiful start. I rang it in with some of my best friends from Sevilla here at my house in Ayamonte and the weather has been ridiculously beautiful. I'm on vacation until the 9th and want nothing more than to be here enjoying the sunshine and vida ayamontina with friends, though tomorrow I am taking a biking day-trip to Tavira, Portugal (hooray for living next-door to the Algarve!!) 

I am so excited to see what this year brings, even though coming along with it is the looming decision of what to do when the summer and fall come around: return to Washington State to finish getting edumacated and make myself a 'real' teacher or stay in Spain and keep living the good life as long as I have work. It hurts everytime I think about it. After two years here, Spain has come to be home for me.

So, I'm not making any decisions yet, just doing paperwork to keep options open on both sides of that big Atlantic pond.

Wishing my friends and random readers a happy 2012 full of good health, happiness, and adventure.