It’s now 5am in the new year…I’ve just walked home in a snowfall…the first in a long time, and it was wonderful because I had a nice walking companion from Russia. The new year celebrations were great too. I got to hang out at Jess (my US American friend who bakes a mean cheesecake and other such desserts) and we had a party with some folks from Australia, Bangladesh, Mauritius, and Edinburgh. What a great time. After some games we hit the square to ring in the new year…in Italian. With snow coming down, and a happy crowd, we counted it all down. And then fireworks and a band playing ABBA music did some singing. Folks were dancing and it was a festive atmosphere. Quite fun. Following this we made our way back to Jess’s place, but not before getting into a huge snowball fight in the street (scraping snow off of people’s cars). Great fun indeed.

All the best for 2009. I think I’m gonna get back into work mode soon.