To old memories and new beginnings..

Hello there! I'm Em. 

And this is my first post. Ever. 

At this point I suppose it would be best to introduce myself. 

I am a very open-minded, bubbly person, which basically means I burst into song whenever I feel like it, start dancing around like a crazy person at times and actually do not care if people look at me whilst doing so. I love to laugh. It is the best happy-maker there is!
Food is one of my passions. Although, of course, I am trying to eat and be healthy (and have managed rather well considering that it is Christmas time!) no one will stand between me and my ice-cream or pizza! 

So that was a tiny bit of my personality described. You will certainly get to know more of me over time. On to explaining where I come from.

One of the first memories I have is of my dad and I eating ice-cream in a park when I was about 2 ½ years old. A lot of my early memories are of me and my family walking in luscious green parks, which probably explains my love for walks. That was the most carefree time of my life and I did not even know it then. But then again - how would you explain to a toddler that she should savor all the happy moments she is having because life will soon become more complicated and at times more painful than she could imagine?   

I grew up in Vienna (Austria), which in my opinion was pretty amazing as it has everything a young heart might desire. It is pretty much in the centre of Europe, which means you can travel around countries really easily. This I haven't done as much as I would have liked to but I am still young and have all the time in the world to do so..right? Vienna has all the charms of a big city and yet one can be out and about in the countryside within minutes. And no. We don't all run around singing "the hills are alive..". A lot of people don't even know the movie. So don't make me sing "Edelweiss" or ask me about how it is to dance around in a Dirndl all day! Thank you. 

My parents offered me so much while growing up that I am one of the lucky ones that can say "I have seen a bit of the world". Yet I still have most of the world to discover and I am planning on doing exactly that throughout my life. This Wanderlust was something I grew up with so, when I was 15, I decided to spend a year overseas in New Zealand and that was when I fell in love with this country. After the year spent in Auckland going to school I was finally being happy with who I was and how life was going, which had not been that easy earlier on in school. You have heard this a hundred times, I know, but kids can really be cruel. And I was one of the victims of bullying to the "popular" kids. Thus after a year of not worrying about not being accepted the way I am, the notion of returning to New Zealand again in the future took shape in my head.  

So now, 3 years later, things have changed again tremendously and I was actually genuinely happy with my life in Vienna. But my parents have moved to New Zealand recently. Thus I decided to do a year of Uni here as well. Partially because I want to be with my family, then of course to some extent because I love the country and I suppose because it is a once in a lifetime opportunity to just go for it and live all the way across le monde for a while again. To be completely honest though I really want to prove to myself, that if I say that I will do something, I will actually go through with it. 

The last but certainly not least reason for me hesitating to come to New Zealand straight after graduating from school though is the fact that I am utterly and wholeheartedly in love with the most amazing guy I know who I am unimaginably lucky to call my boyfriend. 
This next year will not be easy as he is still in Vienna and going to stay there for at least the next 3 years because of his Studies. It will be a test for our relationship. And though it will be hard I believe that it is doable and essentially - why am I even whining? Only a couple of years back there was no Skype. No Whatsapp. No internet! 

But life is all about new beginnings. The decision to come to New Zealand definitely is one of those. I am extremely excited and anxious to be starting this new phase. 
This blog will be the place for me to write down all the happenings of this coming adventure called life. 

Write again soon, 
xox 
Em