What happened to Voldemort's wand? / LV in Albania / finals

[wranglerdavis]

No: HPFGUIDX 168012

JustCarol67, it sounds like we were both born the same year, or does
67 mean something else?  So far your explaination sounds the most
logical.  The only thing that still seems odd is that wormtail would
keep using LV's wand if he had one of his own.  Also, I'm assuming
Wormtail had a wand (other than LV's) when he met Bertha or he
probably wouldn't have been able to overpower her.

The other two things that have always seemed odd in GoF to me are
LV's going to Albania and implying he couldn't get back until he had
the help of Prof. Q.  If he is too weak to really travel as he states
in GoF then how did he get to Albania in the first place and how did
he leave Europe again after book one to get back to where Wormtail
found him?  Also if everyone in GoF kept saying he was rumored to be
where Bertha J. disappeared, why wasn't anyone looking for him either
supporters or nonsupporters?  Several key players seem to know where
he was, yet nobody except Wormtail saw him.  The rumors were accurate
so how did they get started if nobody saw him and why didn't anyone
follow up on the rumors while he was still there.

Lastly, in most of the novels, I thought when finals were over they
sat around the tree relaxing and visiting.  Didn't it mention several
times in other books that once finals were over there wasn't anything
to do until the results, feast, and train home?  In GoF after the
finals they still go to class.  This seems odd.  Maybe I'm mistaken.
What do you think?

wranglerdavis