01/01/2017

I'm back after a long time. Since yesterday we are back in Querétaro. We were in Ixtapa for two weeks, during which everyone got sick at least once. I have been more or less healthy since yesterday, but there are still sick people.

In Ixtapa we took a boat trip to observe dolphins and whales, but all we saw were turtles and the dorsal fin of a dolphin. However, while snorkeling, I saw a stingray. We also went jet skiing, which was a lot of fun, but afterwards everyone had muscle soreness.

The most beautiful moments for me were an afternoon in the hammock on the beach under palm trees and the evenings, when we always played cards or simply sat on the beach or went for a walk. In Ixtapa, I realized how important the people around me have become to me and how comfortable I feel with all of them. I get along particularly well with Melissa and Miguel, the 22 and 24 year old children of the friendly family, we are the crazy trio.

Since Christmas was during the vacation, I experienced Christmas Eve on the beach for the first time at 30 degrees. It was strange, because there was simply no Christmas atmosphere and it felt like any other day. We had dinner together and then we danced. New Year's Eve went similarly, but we celebrated it in Querétaro. We had dinner with the Veras (friendly family) and then everyone talked about the good things that happened in 2016 and what they wish for in 2017. Afterwards, of course, we danced again, until we briefly stopped at 00:00 to make a wish for the new year. It was a new experience for me to start the new year completely without champagne or fireworks. At 01:30 we went home and to bed.