Another year bites the dust today and I sit here this morning thinking back on the past year. It has been a great year of exploration and adventure, learning more about myself and my outlook at the world and most importantly of friendships and family. It has been a wonderful year and one where we learned to care and ride the horses, that we finished the renovation of the rancho and the extensive gardens, were able to fully (well almost) communicate with people in the campo, were invited to weddings, first communions and other significant celebrations in the pueblos around our rancho, worked extensively with Patronatos por Niños in the local schools and generally had a wonderful experience. It was also a year that for the first time in almost eight that I started working close to full time again.
Well it is this last point that is going to dictate the upcoming year as we have decided to return to the Bay Area and will be leaving San Miguel. It is our plan to leave San Miguel around the middle of March as I commence working full time in 2008 and I need to be back closer to San Francisco and the South Bay.
The experience has been wonderful and one that I would recommend to anyone who is looking to experience life in a different country with different cultures, customs and languages. We have established many friendships that we will carry forward and continue, but at this point of time we feel we must continue our adventures and move back.
Because of the work commitments and preparing for the move, my postings both here on this blog and on my photo of the day blog at www.sanmiguelphotooftheday.blogspot.com will be much more limited than what I was able to do during the past two years. I hope you can understand.
So happy new year and may 2008 bring you continued happiness and good health.
