New Things

Living abroad always teaches you things, and so far for me it has been an exploration of something unexpected.. me.  Although a lot of things drive me crazy about Gijon, my favorite part is that no one cares about how they look (well, they all dress up all the time... so they do care, but no one is trying to be a supermodel).  They're actually happy with themselves.  And I'm sure people are battling their own thoughts, etc.  But it's nice to live in a place where beauty magazines don't drive us all to feel imperfect all the time.  Nobody's perfect.  

So... I've always been super insecure about trying new things because I hate to look stupid.  But not anymore.  I go hiking and pee in the woods, and I'm becoming an awesome cook.  And on Wednesday, I went snow-shoeing.  We went to a ski resort, hitched a ride up the lift (for 5 euros of course) and went hiking on the top on a mountain.  Ours were the only footprints.  I would have never pictured myself as a girl who did that, but I'm finding out how much I love it!  Nature is so beautiful!  And I feel like I've cheated myself from God's creation not having admired it much in my lifetime.  The mountains and the valleys, when I start to imagine God's hands shaping them, it makes me super tingly!  It's so beautiful, and he did it for us to enjoy.  So I challenge everybody to go see or do something you've never thought about before!