Happy New Year!
2016 was a year full of visitors and travels of
all sorts for us.
Last year’s Christmas was spent in Charlotte,
with Pablo’s family (and my mom), we also welcomed 2016 there only to take a
road trip to Orlando on January 1st. We visited WDW, Epcot, Universal Studios, and
Island of Adventure. Once we got back to Germany we spent some time getting
back to a routine.
We took a mini trip over Valentine’s day
weekend with our first visitor of the year. Pablo’s oldest brother came to
Sweden for work and then took a couple of extra days to visit us. We took our
second trip of the year and visited Berlin and Schwerin.
March was spent in Hamburg, we spent Easter
with other English-speaking moms at a park. We had a laid-back time here not
worrying about waking up early to go to school.
In April, we bought our first DSLR, it’s a
canon 30d and I’m enjoying capturing moments with it. A friend of mine (and
friends of his) celebrated their birthdays with a party at the dorms in the
University. It was fun, the highlight being that they made a delicious dish
called discada, definitely check it out if you’ve never tried it
We visited Salzburg, Vienna, and Prague with
Pablo’s other brother in May. This is one of my favorite trips, I loved
visiting these three cities and meeting new people in them. We also went to “the
beach” here, which is really freighters coming to port at the Elbe River.
In June, we went to the Summer fest at the University,
and prepared for our upcoming trip to the states.
Avi and me accompanied Pablo on a work trip and
visited Boston for the first time, we spent a lot of time with Pablo’s cousin
and his family-it was nice to meet them! After the conference, we visited New
York City for a week, along with some of Pablo’s coworkers.
When we got back to Hamburg a cousin of mine came
to visit and we took a day trip to Berlin. Avi ended up missing the last day of
school because I had misread.
A friend of ours got married in August so we
took advantage and visited Monterrey for two weeks in August. I got to
celebrate my dad and sisters’ birthday with them for the first time in four
years.
Avi started first grade on September 6th,
we were busy this month getting used to a new schedule. Then Pablo's parents came to Germany for the first time, they spent a couple of days here and we took a(our third) day trip to Berlin & Schwerin.
October marked our four-year anniversary in
Hamburg, but we celebrated it low-key. Avi and I took an extended weekend trip
to Braunschweig while Pablo went to visit a friend in Würzburg
November: Avi turned seven. We celebrated with
a surprise birthday party at home and then a couple of her classmates
accompanied us to a nearby barn to ride ponies on Sunday morning.
What was a 2016 highlight for you?
