I've had friends tell me: we have no choice over where we were born and our blood relations. But we do have a choice of what family we create, what friends we keep, and where we live.
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Well the 'where we live' is subject to fucktons of money or a first world passport that lets you travel anywhere visa-free and a good education that lets you speak English + enough uni degree paper to get a job offer overseas.
If you're determined you'll find a way! I've known of people who have come out on working holiday visas and happened to find a partner who was willing to sponsor them. Obviously that's very lucky but sometimes you gotta take a chance
Yeah, one of my relatives down there has a partner from the UK who is going through the same process right now.
Sounds like you had a fantastic time and this was an amazing new experience for you. Feeling emotional on the return trip isn't all that unusual since I've heard about it happening so many times. I'm really happy for you and I'm sure you've made so many great memories that will stay with you! 😃 I don't have any tips but I just want to say that what you're experiencing especially considering your circumstances is normal and I'm glad you had such a great time. I hope that your plans work out for you and you get to live in the land of the Southern cross! I plan on travelling to Australia too. There's always been something about it that appeals to me so much, and after reading this, I have a feeling I might get emotional on the return trip too!
Same here, Australia just always had this draw on me; especially since meeting some of my Aussie family when I was still quite young. I have this one memory of one of my great cousins who's this great big biker guy talking to me about motorbikes and me not understanding a thing at the time.
Seeing him again was just so cool...
Post vacation depression is a real thing.
I didn't know until it hit me and i looked up the symptoms.
When i came back from Portugal last summer, all i wanted to do was move there.
Took me 3 months to be able to listen to my "Portugal playlist" without crying, lol.
When it hits as hard as it hit you and me, we both know that we are going back. 100%!
Hang in there, figure out what you need to do to move and go!
Where abouts in Aus did ya visit/see while over here?
I would note that vacationing somewhere and living there are two different things. I came to Japan a few times before moving here (and failed my first time at living here due to visa issues). Even after moving, there's a honeymoon period and things eventually just become normal. In other words, there are two things to keep in mind: don't over-hype anywhere and build it up too much in your head or you're asking for trouble and any problems you that aren't physically confined to your home will follow you eventually so be sure to work on that separately.
That said, it's certainly possible to move across the world. Break any goal down into achievable chunks of individual items that need to be done and track progress against that. Good luck!
We'd love to have you!
Thanks mate! I hope it won't take too much longer...
*vacation. There was no holiday, which means Holy Day.
You a yank I gather???
As a yank, I can assure you I made the same
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Aussies don't tend to use the word vacation. Not sure about Germans.