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Return of the wanderer


I know it has been a long time since I last posted, aproximately 9 and a half months to be more precise. After I moved to the UK and started university it seems that I got so caught up in the web of my new life that my writing has been trapped in it as well.

 So many interesting and exciting things have happened, so many lovely people have come into my life and, still, I have not written about them. This post is also due to a new but very good friend of mine with which I was talking last night. It is funny how people can make you remember things you have forgot about even if you enjoyed them so much.

 I think I will fast forward through the past months and try to highlight some of the most interesting and important things that have happened in my life. It begins with:

 OCTOBER- Soon after I stopped writing I found myself with a work permit, on my dad's birthday, 10th October, and 4 days after I was happily employed at the Bear, a very nice inn just outside Oxford, where I have been working along wonderful people and experiencing most of British culture, Burns Night, Pumpkin Night, Christmas, New Years, Asparagus Week, Morris dancing, Aunt Sally and many more. 

 NOVEMBER- This is the month I met some of the people I am very fond of now, it was a dark and gloomy month but full of coursework and actual work.

 DECEMBER- The month of cheer and joy was not that bright for me as most of my friends left for home and I stayed behing to work, not going home to be with my family. However, I got the good news that I finished my first term at university with an A average.

 JANUARY- Was a good month, working full-time as I was on holiday, and getting my second job at the Oxford Town Hall. It was also the month when my mummy came to visit me and saw England for the first time. She loved it as much as I do and was very impressed with "you lot".
FEBRUARY- Was a quieter month, middlle of the term, however, at the end of it, and the beginning of MARCH, I went home for the first time in half a year, to celebrate my 20th birthday. It was great fun but such a short stay, only 3 days.

 APRIL- Was wonderful, sunny and warm and we had our Easter break, perfect for recovering from the winter and it was the month when I found out I won VIP tickets to Download festival.

 MAY- Was my last month as a fresher, I finished my first year of uni and participated in selecting material from the archive for the Man Booker Prize exhibition, very cool for me as a Publishing student and also got my third job, at The Cape. I also had my first tourist in the UK

Bath overview- Alexandra Radu
Bath overview- Alexandra Radu
experience in May, visiting Bath. At the end of the month I left for Romania once again as on the 1st of JUNE my big sis got married, yes, MARRIED. It was great fun to be back home but very tiring. At the end of this month, in one week's time, I am flying out to Croatia for a mini-break in the scorching sun *yey* as I got my results and finished my first year with an A average.

 Almost forgot, the other night I saw Hugh Laurie (House MD) perform at Oxford New Theatre with The Copper Bottom Band and it was amazing, best show I have seen in ages. If you ever get the chance to see him, GO, it will be well worth it!

 That's all for now and I am proud I managed to keep it this short.

I know there have been more things happening and that I have made some decisions regarding my future that I didn't include, however, that's material for another post, that will hopefully follow shortly.
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Location: Oxford, Regatul Unit al Marii Britanii și al Irlandei de Nord

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