Happy 2014!

Wishing you a happy new year 2014!

2013 was by far the most adventurous year in my life. I was in total in 12 countries, starting with a new year in Japan to the Maldives, France, Spain, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, Nepal, Japan, the US, Thailand and finally where I moved.  It was just extraordinary full of surprises and new friendships.

And then, I ended up in this beautiful country. I feel so lucky.  

M.FR and I had no plan to do anything special for Christmas-New Year, as we frankly did enough already this year. We just went on a short day trip to an old capital of the country. It was low key but enjoyable. We just brought some sandwiches and fruit (in my new fabulous yellow basket!) and ate lunch on a bench at one of famous pagodas. 

And it makes things even better, we received the shipment from Nepal. "Christmas and New Year Together" was how I felt.  It is just a pile of my belongings. However, it felt so nice to open the boxes and see my carpet, books, glasses and clothing etc after nearly a year.  

We spent the new year day, drilling holes on a wall to hang our paintings and photos. The house finally looks more "lived." I made modest vegetable curry for dinner, and we ate for the first time on our new dining table that we custom ordered (made with recycled teak woods.) This is exactly what I wanted even though I missed Japanese Oshogatsu and my family.