Well... what was it like? You might think it was a year of freedom, happiness, joy and total party feeling. You may say it was a year out of Russia, that there is much better than at home. You strongly believe i was lucky to leave my motherland and endlessly was thankful to God who blessed me with this chance. Well... you are right but partially. That was not only the year of freedom - that was of course the year of challenge, enormous change and pure competition between my inner me and my outer surface that I can show. The challenge was to find people whom I could show this my inner part and ye I found, not many, of course but I did. 
If it's the matter of victory between two sides, I cannot say which one won, but I can say, I have accepted the challenge. How will you act being far away from the place you used to live for years, where your close people are, where the part of your life is left hm? You can choose being the one you was before. OR you can be new - new for yourself, but the same for the people around as they don't know another YOU. So for them it's pretty natural.
Who was I? I guess for MY people I was true... I hope.
But it was a year of laugh and tears, ups and downs.
It was a year of beautiful frienship and new discoveries.
It was the summer of amazing adventures and breathtaking views.
It was a year of endless summer and never - ending autumn.
It was the country of hospitality and traditions.
It was the food of paprika and love.
It was a sip of strong nice alcohol.
It was a year of truth, experience, love, care, help and family.
It was my 2012 - 2013 year.
It was me - Helen, Elena, Ilona, Lena, Lenocska.
It was you!
It was you!
And I need to say THANK YOU for everyone who made it this way!