A Year has Passed...

Today marks a huge milestone in our adventure: The One Year Mark!! Congratulations to us! We did it! Hooray!

We have had an incredible year. There have been amazing adventures that we will never forget, and some struggles and embarrassments that we would prefer to erase from our memories, but hey we've got some good stories out of them. We have greatly improved our situation in the last few months, our social lives are thriving and we are having a great summer so far. Our confidence has officially been renewed for another year to come, and we hope to see some familiar faces on our doorstep in this next year!

To celebrate our achievement we have a long weekend planned in Sardinia, a beautiful island with amazing white/pink beaches and clear blue water. We plan to relax and get a start on our summer tans (we are way behind compared to everyone else in this city!). So, expect some beautiful photos when we return next week.

We did some reflection on this last year and we've compiled for you a little summary of our year-in-review. Enjoy:

Things We Haven’t Done in the Last Year (in no particular order):

1. Driven a car
2. Seen our families
3. Gone to Costco
4. Had a proper barbecue
5. Been to a movie theater
6. Had an American beer
7. Had ice at home
8. Been to Tuscany
9. Dried our laundry in a machine
10. Been to Taco Bell

Things We Have Done in the Last Year (in no particular order):

1. Learned to make wine
2. Ridden lots of trains
3. Met people from all over the world
4. Traveled all over the country (and beyond)
5. Learned British English
6. Learned (a little) Italian
7. Read a lot of books
8. Drank a lot of espresso
9. Eaten a lot of cheese
10. Watched a lot of the same DVDs over and over….and over….