4 YEARS AGO...

Ohh Gosh time flies! If someone would told me when I was a bullied 9 year old girl where am I going to end up I would say: ''YES!! You got this''

As many of you probably know I was born in Slovenia. South east from Ljubljana, like an hour away, there's a small village where I grow up, I went to school and where my home was until 8.7.2017 - well, it still is.

My childhood was amazing. I grow up as second of 4 kids, on a farm surrounded with nature and animals and my village is so small that everyone knows everyone. In Slovenia we don't say: ''What's your name?'', we say: ''Čigav/a 's pa ti?'' which translated means '' to whom you belong to'' - related to family name. But even tough it was amazing I never felt like I really belong there.

Fast Forward - Year 2017 was from the beginning really tough. I was searching for a job in Slovenia, without success meanwhile writing my diploma and inside me a wish to go to Switzerland was bigger and bigger until I said to myself:'' Hey, stop and think what's the most important thing you have to do.'' The answer of course was to graduate because staying or leaving, it had to be done!

So I was writing my diploma and 2 weeks before graduating, job actually just ''came to me''. Then on 23th of June I graduated as Beautician (you know, that lady who works in cosmetic salon), 30th of June I came to Zürich just to see how the thing will go and 8th of July was the BIG DAY when I said goodbye to my family, friends, dogs, cats, sat in the car and just - left! If it's meant to be it's meant to be.

I remember my first month in Switzerland or let's say in Zürich because from the beginning I didn't explore the country that much, just want to know my living area first. Even tough I knew some basic German, I needed to learn at least some basic Swiss words such as, most important one: ''Gruezi''.

Then of course I started with German class (I started at A1/3 and finished B2 back in October), tried to get a bit socialized - it's true when they say that Swiss people are really closed. Once one Swiss woman told me that they just need more time to build a friendship and then, it last forever. And I have to say I'm the same so I really like it. People here also loves to take care of themselves - health insurance are really expensive, so you'll see many people doing any kind of outdoor or indoor activities. I admit, it helped also me to start taking care of myself on a higher level.

I was never used to go hiking or traveling by myself before but here, most of hikes I do by myself. I found passion in photography, especially landscapes and cityscapes. So my Saturday looks like - getting up while most of the people are still sleeping, go hiking, take amazing pictures, come back, have a nap....

Hello from Switzerland was ''born'' in the middle of March 2019 and I can't believe how many audience and amazing people I met since then. It so amazing to see how many talented photographer exist and I'm really happy to support many of them.

And if you want to know am I after 4 years?

Well, most of the time it's amazing, I really feel like I'm home but of course being far away from the people who really know me it's also hard sometimes. My friends, they all have their own jobs, families, sometimes took us months to finally saw each other via facetime. They say the 3rd year is the most difficult and in my case it was. I was often thinking if I did a right thing, if I should give up (especially because I would like to turn my photography hobby into business) and then also Covid, but you know what? If I would need to do this all again, I would. Everything needs time, so does my photography and my blog and everything. I'm happy that I'm here.

With love from Switzerland <3