Hey!
With full hope for more unique experiences in the coming months and an even better 2022, it’s me again.
If we’re being honest, the weeks after New Year’s Eve are usually pretty boring and exhausting as school and work start up again and you want to make the best of the new year. However, my January this year was quite exciting and different than I would have thought.
By far the highlight was definitely my trip to LAS VEGAS!!! A dream I’ve dreamed of since I was little and one that couldn’t have been better. I was there for 4 days, with 2 days to see everything and was mesmerized every minute of it. Fascinated by the good weather, fascinated by the lovely people, fascinated by the thousands of lights. Fascinated by everything! That sounds a bit exaggerated now, but believe me, I never knew where to look and what to admire first. My photo gallery tells me I’ve definitely seen A LOT… 😉 From casinos and bars, over roller coasters on top of high buildings, to shows no matter where you look. What I found most fascinating was that each part of the “Las Vegas Strip”, so basically each resort/building, had a different motto. Rome, Egypt, Venice, New York, Paris, Asia and more. Everything was there and already impressed you from the outside.
But the absolute highlight within the highlight was a surprise… A helicopter flight from Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon and back!!! Of course, in my few 16 years of life I have never flown in a helicopter, but I have always wanted and imagined it. (You must know, I love heights and would love to jump out of a plane with a parachute every day.)
From my window seat and with 6 other people in the helicopter I was able to admire things like Nevada, Arizona, the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon and much more and was near to tears because of how beautiful something like that can be. Topped with a getting off and walk in the Grand Canyon, it was definitely an experience that I can now cross off my bucket list of things I want to do in my life.
It’s hard to make January any more exciting after an experience like this, but there were a few other things I really enjoyed…
With the final exams (so-called „finals“), managed to be in January as well (all in one week!), one semester ends and half of the school year is over. As annoying as these are, I was just happy when I got over them and didn’t even have to think about them anymore. More about the fact that I still have a lot of school days ahead of me when I get back to Germany…:(
But back to the beautiful moments of January. As already announced in the last blog, after the first time, this month I went skiing again with my friends in the Mt. Baker ski area. And once again it was a wonderful day that I will never forget. I was again pretty surprised about how easy it still was for me to ski after not going for a couple of years and how much I actually missed it. But honestly, at the end of the day you are also quite exhausted, since we have to leave at 5:30 in the morning to be in the ski area after 2 hours of driving.
With that, January was already over and I really notice how quickly time can pass. I said goodbye to my family and friends 5 months ago and sometimes it seems like it was yesterday. But not to be lying, I can also tell you that the last 2 months have been rather a small low in the many heights. Because especially around Christmas time and with half of the 10 months being over, I had to think a lot about the people from home and I missed them a lot. But I have been gifted with a wonderful host family and friends with whom I can experience many small adventures in a big one every day.
And that’s exactly why I’m looking forward to the last few months that I’ll be spending here until the summer and until then I’ll share my experiences with you. But I’ll get back with that next time!