I've started slowly. The first quarter of 2013 has been spent in the UK, which is most unlike me! I've ensured it's been time well spent however, fitting in trips to Bath, Hastings, Canterbury, Oxted, Monmouth... and of course, good old Stourbridge. Oh, and I started going to zumba classes, which means actual exercise. It really is a momentous year.
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| Collecting pebbles for an art project on Hastings beach, with my lovely mum. |
May is the month it all kicks off, adventure-wise. I'm going to Dublin for the bank holiday weekend. It'll be my first visit to Ireland, which I'm excited about. Dan and I have got 4 nights there, and I've bought (but not yet read) a guidebook to ensure we get the most out of the short time. Bring on the craic!
Later on in May I'm making a whistle-stop trip to Glasgow, to interview for a volunteer position at the 2014 Commonwealth Games! I applied last year, and just last week got the interview invitation for my first choice, the Press Operations Team. I have no idea what the interview will entail, but I'm hoping it will be fun and I'll meet some cool people. Plus, I get some free time to explore Glasgow too, a new city for me.
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| London 2012 inspired me to apply to volunteer at the Commonwealth Games. |
June is the month of the Big Birthday. I have 2 celebrations planned already - 1 in London and 1 in Stourbridge, The Motherland. I can't wait to see old and new friends and drink, dance and laugh a LOT.
July brings another trip with My Danny (he hates me calling him that, ha!) and this time it's to Rome. I won the flights from London Luton Airport and monarch, but they were originally meant to be to Munich. "Operational issues" meant I couldn't get the free flights to Munich, so we're off to Rome instead... which is fine by me! Oh, and Vatican City totally counts as a new country visited.
August, and I'm going to Budapest for the Sziget Festival. It looks amazing, and best of all - no camping! Dawn, Gemma and I are staying in a hostel ten minutes walk from the site, which means proper beds, showers and a base to explore the rest of the city when we're not drinking, dancing, or drinking some more. Bonus point: Hungary is a new country too :)
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| Dawn and I at Ibiza Rocks in 2011. Sziget 2013 will be equally awesome! |
September... I'm not saying too much about that yet, nothing's confirmed and I don't want to jinx it. Safe to say, it'll be amazing if it comes off (and the best perk my job has given me, ever!)
October is India time... I'm going back!
November and December are currently free, but I don't intend on them staying that way for long! I want to go and visit all my amazing friends in Leeds, and I want to do another coach day trip, this time to Holland. Oh, and there's the idea of a Kenyan New Year that just won't go away! 30? Bring. it. On.
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