2016: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

Hi Blogheads:

Today I'd like you to write about 2016. In my case, the year started off really well with a new Bowie album (the amazing Blackstar) on January 8th but this was overshadowed by his untimely death 2 days later. I cried a bit and felt uterly dazed for a few days. I also crashed my car into a metal pole that supports ome of my neighbour's parking space. I've been a huge fan of Bowie since I was 10 or 11 years old and it was as if a piece of my soul had died:( The fact that several other big name personality have also died (Prince, Leonard Cohen, actor Peter Vaughan, Muhammad Ali, just to name a few), made 2016 a year of grieving.

Musically 2016 was extremely interesting. I went to see amazing artists like Snarky Puppy and Bebel Gilberto plus other like Richard Ashcroft and Foals that my wife wanted to see. Apart from Blackstar, my favourite albums were the new releases by De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest. I didn't see many great movies from 2016. I enjoyed The Force Awakens. It's a little bit predictable in places but my 10-year old nephew enjoyed it a lot.

I actually watch more series that films this year. My favourites were Stranger Things - a retro Sci-fi/fantasy and The Get Down - a wonderful dramatisation of the birth of Hip Hop.

Personally, 2016 was a I spent my summer holidays in Costa Rica. I had to go for work so my wife came along and we spent 18 days exploring the National Parks and wandering around San Jose. It was a great experience. We saw some posionous frogs, sloths, racoons, monkeys and lots of beautiful exotic birds. In September I travelled to Coyhaique which was also amazing - the Catedral de Marmol being the highlight. This is one place I hope to see again.

Write about your year. How was 2016 for you.

Say:

What you liked,
What you disliked,
What you did,
What you saw on Tv or at the cinema,
What you listened to musically,
Where you travelled to.

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