 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akadzidza muBrașov uye mune imwe chikoro chepachivande muSibiu. Akaenderera mberi nedzidzo yake kuCluj uye kuYunivhesiti yeVienna, kwaakatora dhigirii repamusoro mufilosofi. Muna 1848, akanga ari muBucharest, mutori rutivi mukutendeuka kwegore iroro, asi akatizira kuSibiu kwemwedzi mishomanana pashure pokunge guta racho rapambwa nevaOttoman. Gare gare akadzokera kuBucharest uye muna 1851 akatamira kuCraiova, kwaakava mutungamiriri weCentral School, iyo yakanga yavharwa munguva yeshanduko. Muna 1853, pakutanga kweHondo yeCrimea, Mauto eRussia akavhara chikoro chacho ndokuchichinja kuva chipatara. Fontanin akapikisa uye akaiswa mujeri kwemwedzi minomwe, asi akakwanisa kuvhurazve gore rakatevera racho. Akatsigira zvakasimba kubatana kweWallachia neMoldova, uye muna 1857 akatungamira sarudzo dzevamiriri veDolj County kune ad-hoc divan. 