Things I'm looking forward to.

I arrived in mid October. Soon it will be mid February. Which means 4 months have passed, which means I'm nearly half way through my time abroad?!

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Ok, I admit, maybe I'm getting a bit ahead of myself. But I've got quite a lot of plans for the next few months, as well as conservatorio work building up (which is good!) and I'm aware that time is suddenly going to go very fast and suddenly the end will be nigh. So I'm just going to pretend that this is the half way point, and stop to think about everything I've now got to look forward to.

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On Monday, Mercedes & Fred will be here. Mercedes will no doubt be excited to be back where she did her Erasmus year, and after endless amounts of advice from her before I came myself, it will be nice to finally be in Perugia together.

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The week after, my family will be coming to visit. I'm excited to show them my new little city and for them to have a well deserved holiday. (Except you Dad, your life is a holiday now.)

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The week after that, I will be heading to London to see one of my favourite ever couples and my boyfriend. I've never been to London (Stansted countless times, but never actual London) and I'm going to be such a tourist.

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The week after is the beginning of March. I will have two new flatmates, more classes and hopefully some nicer weather. Two weeks later one of my best friends, Monica, will be coming for a long weekend. I'm so excited and am already picking out places we can photograph her outfits for her fashion blog! (you should have a look by the way, helloomonica.blogspot.com) 

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About two weeks after that, the boyfriend will be making yet another visit, but hopefully for a bit longer this time! And we may have a little Italian city break somewhere for my birthday at the beginning of April.

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A couple of weeks later, in late April, another of my best friends Hannah will be coming out to see me! Again, I'm so excited to show someone else where I'm living and for her to have a well-earned holiday. Then just two days after she leaves, my parents are coming back! They just can't keep away.

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I have no plans so far for May and June, but that's ok because that will probably be when I have most conservatorio work and exams. I'd like to go back to the UK at the start of July, to kind of signify the end of the 'year abroad' in terms of study, and see my new flat in Newcastle, but will still have my flat here and would like to come back for the Jazz Festival in mid July and have some proper holiday time with my love before the start of a inevitably stressful final year.

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I originally didn't want to post all my plans on here (and don't want to sound boastful either) but it's really nice to type it all out and appreciate how much I have to be excited for. I finally feel very lucky to be living here, now that I've got used to the language and the culture and my daily struggles.

This is my happy face. Ha.

Happy weekend!

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