Unlike many previous years, 2008 did not flash by at the speed of light. It was more on par with 'longest-year-ever': Afghanistan & Japan, seem like a long time ago, and so to does the US (Alabama, Maryland, Virginia). I feel like we have been here in Italy for a few years already; though it has been a great deal less time that that.
Anyways, the good news is that overall, we transitioned from bad to good...from unpleasant to pleasant. But man did it take forever.
So, many cheers to a New Year!
This is a view from the Dolomite foothills to the North of Marsure. Our house is in the village directly below (on the left-ish part of the village).