I write exactly one week after my second anniversary in England. It does not seem true, but they are already two years since I left and I could not be happier with the choice I made.
It was 2013 when my boyfriend told me that within a few weeks he would move to England to start an internship of six months in a Creative Agency. In all honesty I expected, she had always been his dream. Graduate and groped a career abroad.
I was really happy for him, all the years of study eventually led to something concrete, but at the same time I was a bit 'scared.
In the beginning I felt I did not have to leave my job in Italy and leave with him. I had a very good contract in a supermarket very close to home and I had no reason to complain. It also seemed so wrong to terminate a contract for an indefinite time thinking about all those people who every day are hoping to sign one, but he was missing. Much.
In the evening when we were talking on Skype, I told beautiful places he visited, the interesting people he knew, the fantastic experience that was living and the months went over the desire to leave grew inside me.
I've been thinking so much, I thought to myself as I had never done before, what should I give up what I absolutely could not do without, I asked for advice to my parents and my friends, but in the end the decision was to be my only and it has definitely been the right one. I got fired, I packed up and left.
I reached Simone at the end of April 2014, ten months after his departure and it was the best decision of my entire life.
For about seven months I lived in the town of Brixham, in the beautiful Riviera Inglese, in the county of Devon in the South West region. A wonderful place, full of breathtaking scenery and unspoiled nature.
A fantastic sea touches the coast and the sun really does exist for everyone. Enchanting landscapes stretch before your eyes every time you decide to walk outdoors and in a flash you forget the hustle and bustle of big cities.
Since November 2014, however, needs to work my boyfriend, we moved to Honiton, a characteristic little town away from Exeter, the capital of Devon.
Here I had the opportunity to start my first real job in UK despite my English was still very poor. Here do not seek the '' apprentice 'experience but, with pleasure, are available to give an opportunity to all and thank them always for the trust you have placed in me. After more than a year, are still in the same place and getting up in the morning to go to work is not a burden.
Working in a Cafe, where we serve classic English breakfast, for lunch specialties, homemade desserts, great coffee and really unique and sought after hot tea.
I met some great people that I have been of great help and who now have become crucial in my life here across the Channel. I can firmly say that now I really feel part of the community and the fact of being foreign is not and has never been a problem.
So that my family and all my friends can know in real time what is happening across the Channel to me, I started a blog where I share my British experience. Here you can also find many useful tips and if the intention to embark on a new life in England and have any questions or curiosity, via the contact section, I am always available to answer.
I do not know yet what I'll stop here in England, but I'm sure when this is the place and this is where I want to live now.
But I do not deny that one day I would return to Italy, because despite being in a critical situation and the things they do not mention yet is always to improve my HOME.