Editing Vasile Alecsandri (section)

===Adolescence and youth===
Between 1828 and 1834, he studied at the Victor Cuenim "pensionnat", an elite boarding school for boys in [[Iași]]. He moved to [[Paris]] in 1834, where he dabbled in [[chemistry]], [[medicine]], and [[law]], but soon abandoned all in favor of what he called his "lifelong passion", [[literature]]. He penned his first literary essays in 1838 in [[French language|French]], which he had mastered to perfection during his stay in Paris. After a brief return home, he left for [[Western Europe]] again, visiting [[Italy]], [[Spain]], and southern [[France]].