Sooooooo I have been home a month and a half but it feels like sooo much longer I swear. The first week or so it was so nice to be back and I literally couldn't wait to get home from Disney when I was leaving. Looking back, Disney really was a fantastic experience. All the amazing times and the yes really bad times too made it everything I wanted! I got some work experience and met some amazing people. I had a fantastic time living in Paris but the work wasn't so interesting that I wanted to stay, it made me realise I really wouldn't like to be in a job like that for the rest of my life. Plus I learnt a load of French which was just great :) So all in all everyhting I could have asked for.
About 10 days after being home I went to visit Gygy my Hungarian friend from Disney and stayed with her in Budapest. I had a fantastic time and stayed there for 6 days. It was actually the first time I had flown anywhere completely on my own but no glitches (ok I did get on the wrong bus on my way home and no-one seemed to speak English so I nearly missed my flight but lets not mention that) so I am feeling rather wise and travelled now... ok maybe not that much! We did so much in those days and I really couldn't have asked for anything more form Gygy she showed me everything, I really did have my own personal tour guide! I stayed in her university halls in Buda and we did lots of touristy things during the day. Everything was seriously cheap too which was a plus. Ok so I did get my purse stolen on the second day, that was a low point, BUT just by chance I didn't have any important cards in there or my passport and only some money so I had enough to last and I have just the other day got most of the money claimed back on my insurance so it didn't really matter. I was on the bus and it was crowded and my bag wasn't closed properley so it was my own fault really. Gygy was my translator at the police station and we had to write an official report it was quite an experience for my first time in a police station. In the evenings we did lots. We went to a folk dance and a belgian bar on the second night and then also to an amazing cruise trip down the river Danube with a buffet dinner and musicians. The view was amazing. Another night we saw Beauty and the Beast at a lovely theatre (we can't escape Disney!) which was in Hungarian but with English subtitles at the top of the stage. One night we went to a huge club called Morrisons (yes I know its like the supermarket, lol) which was an entire building with 4 floors or something. I think we counted it had 9 bars and who knows how many rooms. Each room had a different type of music playing so there was RnB, House, Pop, Indie, Cheesy, you name it it was there. There was a karaoke room too so me and Gygy sang 'Hit me baby one more time' for Disney memories of karaoke. I also went to some parties at her university which was really nice meeting all her friends. I could go on about Hungary forever but I never made a post when I got back so I must move on or this post will take up forever!
I've visited quite a few uni friends now I've stayed at Poppy's twice, been up to visit Jen in Sheffield over Halloween for a long weekend (we went all out a zombies it was great) and visited my sister for a few days and Kim for a few hours as she was nearby. Laura is at home so I have been seeing her quite a bit and we are off to see Kirsty in Bedford this weekend as I finally have a car again(YES!)and we are going to a silent disco which I am a bit too excited about as I love these sooo much. Ellie has been here too as she's on a gap year working so I've seen her a bit and we are going to watch the new Harry Potter on Firday, I cannot wait. Anyone who knows me know that I am a super Harry Potter geek so this will be my heaven. I spent a week working with Alexander during his halfterm which was lovely to see him as I missed his party so he showed me all his pictures and I found out a bit about his time at college. It was be really nice I'm seeing him again at xmas.
To add to that, Niek came to stay for a long weekend too and we really did pack everything in. Ok so we did see 3 muscials which I know is a bit unacceptabole but we both do acting and he reeaally wanted to see them and I wasn't complaining :P so we saw Oliver!, Legally Blonde and Mamma Mia! They were all great and whole less cheesy (or atleast bearably cheesy) than I thought they might be. We also went to Thorpe Park, Ripley's Believe it Or Not and London Dungeons with lots of half price tickets so we really did do loads. I was pretty exhausted by the end of all those days in London, but it was really fun I'm happy I saw Niek and Gygy since Disney and hopefully we will all 3 meet up next year too.
Wow so looking back at that it really does seem like loads, no wonder it feels longer than a month and a half, BUT even so I am verrry ready to move on to the next part of my gap year now. 3 months does feel like a long time at home and if there's one thing I hate its sitting around and doing nothing. I guess this is a good length of time to be at home because I have managed to catch up with my friends and do some other exciting things but it still feels like I often have days lounging around the house trying to find things to do. I did try to find xmas work but I arrived a bit late and all the major stuff seemed to be taken so I will hopefully earn a bit with Alexander. I also may be doing a couple of scratch play performances with NYT which would be amaaazing but I've yet to hear back so fingers crossed for that. I have booked my flight for Finland and am off on 3rd of January. Just to mention I am now officially going to martial arts academy in China for the summer, how crazy is that?! I should explain more about how I ended up doing this but this blog is so lengthy I think I will have to leave that discussion for another day. So for now I have had a bit of a break here in Enlgnd but am sooo ready for my next endevour so not long now!xxxxxxxx
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