Storytelling and Financial Organisation
After living in Australia for more than six months I finally found the time to visit Tasmania which I wanted to do for a while now.Tasmania is an isolated island state in Australia's south. It was only a short flight from Melbourne.People who already visited Tasmania recommended to rent a car and I'm glad that... Continue Reading →
Two weeks ago I transferred to another store which is outside the city and also moved to a new place. With public transport it would be three hours to my work so I bought a car. Like I would have done in my country I looked for cheap cars online. The tricky part in Australia... Continue Reading →
Today's the day. 10 years ago was my first day of work. Just a day before my 15th birthday. I was in my 9th and last school year when I started to apply for apprenticeships. I knew I want to work as a shop assistant because I did a kind of "try a job out"... Continue Reading →
This time I visited Bali with a friend. We arrived Monday night and stayed till Saturday morning. I was really looking forward to this for the nice weather to swim in the beach and finally finishing my diving license. We stayed in the same accommodation like the first time I was in Bali because I... Continue Reading →
I was very happy when my friend from Austria came to visit me in Australia these days. We stayed in Melbourne 3 days and then we traveled to Sydney for 3 days. The first impression of Sydney was awesome because the weather was a lot warmer than the cold winter in Melbourne. It was almost... Continue Reading →
A few days ago I started to learn Spanish. I had it in school for a year and was in some 2 weeks courses during holiday when I was a child so I already knew the basics like numbers, alphabet and grammar. At first I tried two Apps to learn but one (babbel) wants you... Continue Reading →
I follow this Facebook page called "What's On Melbourne" and it linked me to a dialogue in the dark tour. The tour is one hour in complete darkness so you can get a sense of how blind people go through life. Of course I had to do that! I came to the location 5min before... Continue Reading →
A few days ago I donated Plasma for the first time in my life. I was scrolling through the Facebook newsfeed and an advertisement from the Australian Red Cross appeared to motivate people to spend blood. I always wanted to spend blood but the reason why I didn't do it so far is honestly laziness.... Continue Reading →
Finding a new home in Australia wasn't easy but I'm lucky to say I have! You have to put a lot effort in your search and don't be too stingy. At first, I didn't want to spend more than 300$/week for living but after inspecting a few rooms in this price range I knew I... Continue Reading →
After almost two weeks in Melbourne I had my first weekend off work, and what else would I do than join a CISV Minicamp. For those of you, who don't know CISV, here are some links: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CISV_International https://cisv.org/ https://m.facebook.com/cisvinternational/ I found out about the camp via Facebook and luckily the organizers made it work for... Continue Reading →
What a crazy day!! I arrived in the morning at 6:40 am. I was very tired because I couldn't sleep a lot during the flight. The reason for it was that my foot hurt like hell because I put on a thin knee sock but it was too tight. I started realizing it after a... Continue Reading →
Bali has definitely a very open culture, the people here are super friendly, you wouldn't believe it. Everybody is greeting me and smiling at me. It makes you feel so good and you can't do anything else than smiling back. It was a great choice to come here as the weather is just AWESOME, even... Continue Reading →
After saying goodbye to my family, my journey began. I flew from Vienna via Bangkok to Denpasar, where I was picked up at the airport by an employee from my accommodation. It was the first time for me to be picked up at the airport, I've always wanted to do that - to get off... Continue Reading →
So here I am. The day is finally here. The day to say goodbye. Everybody who knows me, knows that saying goodbye is something I really hate. So I tried to smile and play cool, and I got through with it. Through my best friend. Through my mum and dad. Through my grandma. Through my... Continue Reading →
Slovakia is one of our neighbor countries - a shame I haven't been there yet since I live less then three hours away. That needed to change before I leave Austria, who knows when I will be this close again? And of course I still had a few days off so I took the chance... Continue Reading →