Seven months on, I’m pleased to be able to tell you that I’m no longer such a tragic figure

April 14, 2014

For at least the first month after I arrived in La Rioja just under seven months ago, I felt overwhelmed and homesick. This feeling was quite unexpected, not least because I’m an independent and usually quite confident person but also because I hadn’t experienced any problems settling into Nottingham when I moved away from home …