Hello my ever jelous readers! I have recently returned from a fabulous weekend trip to Milan, dahling. (Sorry couldn't resist.) My spanish and italian techer whilst I was at college, Carla, moved to Milan last year so I went to stay with her and her new husband for the weekend. I arrived on friday and saw the duomo, although I didn't go inside, and we went for a walk around some of Milan and had a drink and a catch up. Then we went to the Festa dell'Unità which is the democratic party's festival so there were lost of hippy-ish stalls, [View Full Entry]

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So I made entirely the wrong choice in friends here in Italy. I also just realised I seem to start every single blog with the word 'so'. Anywho, I have somehow managed to be friends with entirely beautiful people, including a stunning German girl and a beautiful Swedish boy who could sell me underwear anyday. I realised this the other day, whilst sat on the giant rock that passed for a beach in the absence of sand here (it was much more beautiful than it sounds, and the sea was lovely, so warm and clear and calm). I am the proverbial [View Full Entry]

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Well hello my loyal band of followers! I am once again back in the sunny land of Italia. Dont you just hate me? So yes, I arrived on Sunday, my appartment is a lot nicer than I was expecting it to be, I'm sharing it with a lovely german girl called Anne, and a very nice spanish couple called Dani and (insert name of girlfriend which i've forgotten here). So fun house times, yay. Unfortunately all the other Italian families in the building are rediculously loud at all hours, but it does give me a good excuse for a siesta... Not [View Full Entry]

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So either I am the most clumsy person on earth or death is stalking me... Or something. Yesterday I managed to stand up whilst crouched under an open window and gave myself a mild concussion and a very attractive lump. On Sunday I fell asleep on the lilo in the pool and woke up with a bright red cleavage and tummy, which is very very sore now (and also goes to prove that your skin really does build up sun resistance as my face and arms were in the sun just as much as my body, but because they're used to [View Full Entry]

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Soooo I'm thinking it may have been not the wisest idea to go away again so very soon after being away for so very long. Whilst here is amazing, I kinda just wanna be back home... Lame I know, but I can't help it, I had a tantalising brief moment of home and then went again... I have been rather enjoying the Italian male idea of fashion. The all dress in a way that, were we in England, they would be rampant homosexuals. There are guys here who even shave their legs. All perfectly straight guys, I might add, the strict [View Full Entry]

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So here I am, jetting off to yet another sunny country. Don't you just hate me? It's a hard life being a language student, but someone's got to do it! I'm staying with a family in the south of Italy. In return for free accomodation and meals I help them around the house and garden for 5 hours a day. Not bad eh? The family are lovely, really friendly and great sense of humour. The food is divine, well it's Italy, what do you expect? The house is amazing, the kind of home people dream of moving abroad to. It's massive [View Full Entry]

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I feel I should do one last blog, to round the year off, and tell you all what I did during my last month in Asuncion. I didn't have internet access there, which is good because it gives me a valid excuse, nay reason for why I haven't blogged, as opposed to my normal laziness. As most of you know I am now back home, and I enjoyed seeing lots of you on Saturday at the BBQ, at which I am sure I consumed enough crisps and cake to more than make up for my year of weightloss. Good times. Although [View Full Entry]

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So, you'll never guess what I did on my first day in Asuncion. That's right, I went to a shooting range and learned how to shoot 3 different guns, including the type that the army and FBI use! I got to keep the piece of paper with the bullet holes in it, and I did surprisingly good, 2 bulls eyes and all the rest within the next 2 rings. I unfortunately put my thimb somewhere you're not supposed to put it while shooting guns, and so the gun bit me and it hurts. But it's just a cut, it's not like [View Full Entry]

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I have almost come to the end of my last week here in Concepcion. After all my bitching and moaning and whining and winging, turns out I'm actually rather fond of the place, and even more so of the people. Having said that, the thought of only having a month left untill I will be home envokes a feeling not unlike a five year old waiting for christmas morning. All the kids clubs this week were goodbye meetings instead of a normal teaching. We played games, sang songs, ate cake, took photos and gave me presents. In the teachers meeting on [View Full Entry]

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So as ever, I have been excedingly rubbish at updating this blog. Ooops. I would like to say it'd because I've been so busy, but well, that would be a big lie. I'm just forgetful and lazy. There are now only 10 days left in Concepcion, i'm getting rather excited. It's odd, I'm sad in a way, as I do love the people here and I will of course miss them, especially whilst I'm in Asuncion as I'll feel I should be back here with them. But at the same time excitement wins, because that means there are only 10 days [View Full Entry]

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