After Cape Verde... hmm gosh what did we do? Cristina, Ricardo, Maria Joao, Pedro, and Joao Pedro came to visit Aveiro! We were so lucky that it was a beautiful, but chilly day to show them around our little city. We hit all the hot spots. From the beginning of November until the first weekend in December there were only a handful of days where it didn't rain, and usually there was some point in the day to get Mel out to exercise but it was so dark and gray out! We also had two tropical depressions come through and bring crazy sideways blowing wind and lots of rain in a short time. It also got much colder earlier than it has in past years. Climate change is real friends. :( I finished out my semester as a volunteer teacher with SPEAK, and we threw a little Christmas party where all of the students had put money together to get TimTam some adorable clothing and also brought me tons of diapers and wipes in a variety of sizes which is so great! It was such a different experi...