Happy New Year!

Hello all who still check this blog even though I've been less then faithful about updating it. So here's my New Year's Resolution: Blog More! I really will try to every other day, even if it's just photos of what I've been up to. 

So right now it is 15 minutes until the end of my first day in 2013. It's crazy to think that we're in a new year already. I think that 2012 was such an amazing year that 2013 has a lot to live up to if it's going to be as good as this past year. 

I spent New Year's Eve and New Year's day in Alaçatı at my host family's summer house. We had a really good dinner New Year's Eve, which included cake and sparklers :D, and then hit the streets where there were a ton of DJ's blaring music. When we finally waded though the masses of people on the streets, we ended up at a hotel owned by a friend of the family and spent an hour or so just dancing to the music on the street. It's actually not super cold here, so being out on the street wasn't bad at all. I have to say it's one of the best New Year's I've had..and we stayed out until 3am! This morning we spent an hour walking around the place where the parties had been last night. It is a really beautiful and quaint, resort-like town. The houses are all stone and the streets are cobblestone so you feel like you're in a different place altogether. I'm back at home now and so it's back to the regular routine of life....because I really didn't get a holiday for the holidays. I'll explain that later; right now I wish you all a Happy New Year and may God bless you all!!

Monica