me.


Hi. My name is Antonia. I'm 22 years old. I'm from Austria, currently residing at the gorgeous city of Graz.

That's the very short version of who I am. The long version is too long for this page, it would take a while to tell you everything. But I can tell you some parts and things about me. Take a cup of tea (yes, you can also take coffee, that's fine too...) and here...have a cupcake. And while you're chewing, listen...

I grew up in a small town in the south-eastern parts of Austria. Austria that's the very small country (about the size of Maine) in Europe, the one with Mozart, Sissi, The Sound of Music, Schwarzenegger, big mountains and dirndl dresses. Just to put in all the clichés. I would describe Austria more like the country where people manage to be grumpy and friendly at the same time, but in general more grumpy than friendly.
As for the south-eastern part, there are no mountains and no dirndl dresses and it's also not the region of Mozart, Sissi and Sound of Music. But who cares.

When I was 17 I started this blog, because I wanted to improve my English language skills. I don't like to go back and read old blog posts. It's impossible to read them without cringing. Improving my language skills? Done.

After finishing school in 2010 I moved to Vienna to study several things at university without any success. I had no idea what to do after school so I thought studying at university would be the best. It wasn't.
I loved Vienna, I hated university and everything else.

I went through a tough time after that. If you know me, you know my story.
That's about the time I stopped blogging. I tried to figure out what to do with my life and most importantly to feel alive again. Enjoy life. So I moved to Graz to get a job.

I got a job at a supermarket where I sold delicatesses for 1,5 years. I liked my job, despite the fact that I went vegan after a year of working there. I grew a lot of confidence and I for the first time in my life I loved talking to strangers.
I quit in January 2014 for different reason. And yes, it was weird to sell meat and sausages when all you wanted to do is telling the customers that they should turn around and buy a bunch of vegetables instead.

What happened next? I wanted to go on an one-year-adventure as an aupair in the Netherlands. It didn't work out the way I wanted. I returned to Austria and found a new job. This time it happened to be a book store, which is a way better place for me to work than a supermarket.

This blog is about my life, my thoughts and random things.
Enjoy.

I'm also around these pages:
Tumblr and more Tumblr
Instagram @avcorado

-Antonia

10.08.2014