Si pudieras pasar la Nochevieja en cualquier parte del mundo, ¿adónde irías?
If you could spend New Year's Eve anywhere in the world, where would you go?
Christmas is a very important and painful time of year for me. Ever since I was little, I’ve loved the magic of Christmas, but something bad always happened to me around that time. My father often ruined this beautiful celebration, and to make matters worse, December is also the anniversary of his death. That month has left a deep mark on my life, and now that I’m on my own, I always look for ways to spend a lovely, peaceful Christmas with my family. Plus, my son’s birthday falls around that time, so—curiously, or rather, ironically—I have to celebrate these holidays twice over. And even though I like being at home—or perhaps reliving those family Christmases at my grandmother’s house, where we were far away from my dad—if I could choose a place to spend New Year’s, it would definitely be...
Istanbul—to be honest, I was pretty clueless before; I had no idea Istanbul even existed until I started watching Turkish TV shows and fell in love with many of Turkey’s landscapes, not just Istanbul. However, that’s the place you see the most in those series, and I love it because it has this huge, illuminated bridge with a view of the Bosphorus that would definitely be the ideal place for me.
I don't know if that's actually how it is, but I've seen in some TV shows that people gather by the sea with a view of the huge bridge and count down to the New Year—for me, being there with my family would be absolutely wonderful. I’d love to visit many parts of Turkey that I’ve admired in TV shows, or simply try its cuisine, which really intrigues me—especially the tea and coffee. I’m not sure if I’d prefer to be on the seashore or on a cruise ship while ringing in the New Year; I just know that Turkey would be a destination I’d never forget.



