Yesterday was my first birthday in Spain. However, it was also my 18th birthday. It seems that having an early October birthday often means that I am still getting acquainted with my school and the newish year. This birthday was all that eventful, but that doesn’t mean it was bad. I had a good day at school with a lot of students and even some teachers wishing my happy birthday. Then later I had some cake with my entire extended family, as the attached photo shows. Afterwords I went to my friend David’s house to watch a soccer game. I biked there and back and was really glad to be able to get around on my own. How very fitting for an 18th birthday.

I am going to consider this weekend my birthday also, so we will see if anything else fun occurs.