Hi! My name is Katarina and I am from Croatia 😊

in #introduceyourself β€’ 7 years ago (edited)

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Curious as I am, I was very excited and in a great hurry to join the Steemit community last time, so I didn’t quite say anything about myself ... so ... l hope I will have a second chance to fix that 😊

Here goes the story ...

First of all I’d like to maintain my main reason why I am here.

Why not to try something new?

That was my first thought when my boyfriend @gingergeorge asked me to join. As I already mentioned in the previous post, my presence here is his merit. It’s been a while that I was thinking to start my own blog so this came in the right moment, right here to push me to start to write ALREADY. 😊 Things are happening with a reason… they say… πŸ™Š

My mission is simple.

Blog honestly about everything that makes my life as it is, share my thoughts, experiences and achievements. Support others, you, dear Steemiters, your stories and built strong and friendly community in a way to better ourselves and everything around us.

Each of you has its own story that you need to be proud of and I am looking forward to read it and to highlight it to you in case you are still not aware of it πŸ˜‰

My story started 26 years ago after I fell down in this wonderWORLD πŸ™‚ I was born and raised in a small city located in the north-central part of Dalmatia, in a beauty country of Croatia. It is not enough just to say the name of it because the city is far more than that but as I will write more about it later I will grant this failure to myself. It’s called Ε ibenik. If you watched Game of Thrones, 5th season, then you need to know that Bravos took its place there 😍

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The beauty of the city summed up in one picture 😍

I am a journalist or at least I was until I found another way to express myself. I found myself in another country. Shortly after I graduated, after only a couple of days, I packed my suitcase and I left the country. Since then I have been living totally different way of a life. Spain became my new home and my new treasure hunt. I have been living in Spain, to be exact in Valencia and Seville for more than a year; travelling all over the country in order to explore each segment of that beautiful country. I made my research and fell in love with the Spanish way of a life, especially liked the siesta thing, which is not so hard to like, right ?? πŸ™ŠπŸ€—

Basically, I started to live the nomad's way of a life and from the bottom of my heart to the highest point of it I loved it. My aspiration was to leave my comfort zone and to get out into this unexplored, mysterious world to investigate and to explore everything what makes it so diverse and beautiful. As I fell in love with such way of a life, I did it and I am still doing it πŸ€—

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Plaza de la Reina, Valencia

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My favourite spot in Seville, Plaza España 😍

Just when I thought I could stay a little longer, I could settle down a bit, I found myself in a very ungrateful situation. You cannot escape the fact you left behind. Family, friends, boyfriend ... Difficult. That’s all I can say. I was struggling a lot and at the end decided to go back home. I was crying so much, all my way home. Came home exhausted. Unbelievable. I know.

BUT, I didn’t stay there for a long 😊I knew this was going to happen because whenever you want something and you want it really hard, the whole world will turn to you and somehow allow it to happen. After only 6 months I packed my suitcases again and moved to another new unexplored location. I came to Lisbon. Beautiful Portugal. Maybe because I wanted to stay close to Spain or because I found a job really easily, I don’t know, ha-ha but I am here now, happy with my efforts to fulfil my new mission.

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Lisbon, Portugal

Not to forget to mention, this time my heart is complete. This time I got my Ginger Man next to me.

No more tears, no more long distance relationships goals or whatever. Finally together, happy and HAPPY 😊

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Here we are πŸ’•

  • I’m an expert in Erasmus programs for the students and for the young entrepreneurs as well. I will write more about it lately, so if you are interested in living abroad and getting paid for that, which is pretty cool isn’t it πŸ˜„ stay with me πŸ˜‰

  • I am a huge book lover. There is nothing like getting lost in a completely other world, a world made of letters and words. Addict to series, movies and learning languages. Right now watching Black Mirror, reading Diary of Anne Frank and learning Portuguese language.

  • Travel addict in love with photography and video editing. Actually, I am now searching for the right camera to buy. Have read a lot about mirror-less cameras, but still don’t know which one to buy. If you have any suggestions, I will appreciate your help a lot 😊

  • DIY creator and perfectionist.

  • Committed to support and celebrate volunteering in all its diversity, to benefit others. Currently searching for the opportunity to live a shared responsibility for the world and shape it for a better future. My next goal is to participate in one program of that kind. Looking forward to spend my holidays somewhere where I can give back a little, help others in need and otherwise engaged in selfless pursuit.

This time I wrote a book unlike last time, it seems πŸ™ˆπŸ™‰πŸ™Š inordinately. πŸ™ˆπŸ˜‡

Thank you for taking your time to read a "bit" about me. πŸ™‚
I will be posting a wide range of things.
Hope you will find something interesting for you.
Looking forward to hear from you and to get know you better 😊😘

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The world has to offer so much so enjoy it each second of your life, take the advantage of it 🌎❀️ and... don’t forget … smile 😊

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dobrodosla (:

Another intro @katarinazaja? :) I don't mind, with such cool photos! :) Re-welcome!

hahahah πŸ™ˆπŸ™ˆπŸ™ˆ Re-thanks! πŸ˜„πŸ˜‹ Promise this is the last one haha πŸ™ˆ

Welcome.. officially :-) Absolutely amazing photos! After last summer, Croatia is officially my favourite place in the world! Looking forward to reading about the world though your eyes.

Thank you dear @yasmine :)) WooooW!! Do you know how nice it is to hear that you like Croatia because yesterday one person asked me if Croatia is an island below the Greece haha I am so glad that you like it and I hope I will interest you to come back with my stories about it πŸ˜‰ Good luck with your mission here, I follow and I support, especially new #sbo 😊 Looking forward to hear from you and to read your posts 😊

welcome to steemit!
hope to see you more post of you and i am definitely sure you will like it here!

Thank you dear @kenshin22 !! :)))

oh cool you are from Bravos of Game of Thrones :P

hahahaha it seems so πŸ˜„πŸ™ŠπŸ˜‹

That's an outstanding introduction post. We welcome you here, enjoy your stay and keep writing sincere posts.

Thank you dear! 😘 I just saw your post about encouraging ourselves and thumb up! Simple and powerful post! Keep going :))

Thank you for checking out my blog! I like kind people so I keep following you.

Looking forward to see you around ;))

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You have an amazing life! Good luck on Steemit, but I think that you don't need it. πŸ˜‰

Hey @micika987 :) Thank you for your kindly words :)) Good luck to you too! Stem on 😊

Welcome. I love to hear your unique story! I'm new to steemit too. I just met a friend while I was in Hungary from Croatia. Now I'm curious.

Hi @andrealong! Thank you very much!! Croatians everywhere πŸ™Š Wish you best of luck and of course, also, welcome to Steemit community :))

welcome :D you don't look like 26 :)

Thank you!! :D haha how do I look? Younger or older than? πŸ˜‹πŸ˜‹πŸ˜‹

younger of course

hehe πŸ€—πŸ€—πŸ€—

A very beautiful city

Thank you @iqbal84 :)) You need to come and visit :))

I want but I do not have that much money. ;)

Once, when you will have πŸ˜‰

oh .. maybe I collect money from steemit .. he .. he .. he ..

Fingers crossed!!! πŸ’ͺπŸ™‚

Pozz iz Zg-a!

Oho! Ima nas :))) Pozdrav Zagrebu iz Lisabona πŸ˜ƒπŸ˜˜

DobrodoΕ‘la,pozz iz Ε ibenika :)

SugraΔ‘anko draga hvala ti lipa 😊😊 Pozdravi mi Ε ibenik naΕ‘ i naravno pozdrav tebi πŸ˜‰β€οΈ

Hvala tebi :)))

Welcome on Steemit !!

Thank you!! :)) See you around :))

Susjeda dobrodoΕ‘la :)

Hvalaaaaa susjeduuu :))

Welcome to Steemit, @katarinazaja!

Π”ΠΎΠ±Ρ€ΠΎ Π½Π°ΠΌ дошла Π½Π° Π‘Ρ‚ΠΈΠΌΠΈΡ‚, ΠšΠ°Ρ‚Π°Ρ€ΠΈΠ½Π°!

Thank you @lighteye! :))

Welcome to the community.
Your boyfriend will give you guidance here. :-)
You may want to check out @dumar022. He writes Croatia sometimes.

Thank you @ace108 :)) I do follow @dumar022 and from now on I am following you as well :))

You're welcome and thanks.

Kako se ti lipo raspisala

Hahaha πŸ˜‚πŸ™ˆ

Welcome to Portugal and to Lisbon! I'm born in Portugal and currently living near Lisbon (south margin), glad to see you love it here!

Thank you @anniekphoto !! :)) Yes, I like it a lot! :)) Portugal is really amazing country 😍 can't wait to explore more :))

You're in the right spot, Lisbon. But other close places such as Sintra also have some wonderful places to visit (Castelo da Pena, for example).

Enjoy! :)