Home is where your heart is ...

This is my story. Even if I'm trying to explain it's really hard, I'll probably be the only one who can understand it completely. Living abroad changed me a lot. I don`t know exactly: how, why and in what way, but I feel I am different after I've turned back home. I realised what I want to do in my life, but also what I clearly don't want to do, which is also important, right? I was living in the charming city, called on the name Riga, capital of the beautiful country Latvia. Maybe it's true that on the first sight Lativans are, comparing to Balkan countries (btw. I am from Slovenia), "colder" or more reserved, but later you can recognise that they are a friendly, warm and very interesting nation. Riga had, has, and always will have a magic atmoshere (at least for me): an amazing old city center with litlle streets, churches, small shops, great pubs… These are the things I didn't recognise in the first days of my staying. I need to admit that the new beginning was really hard. I didn't feel so well, I didn`t like my work and I didn't know who and how to tell! I just wanted to run, run back home! But I was lucky… In the first few weeks I met so many amazing people, which actually helped me to stay calm. I didn't care anymore about things I don't like, I just started to appreciate this great opportunity of living abroad. And guess what happened? I' ve had the best time of my life so far. Because of this people I found power, so I managed to achieve some changes also at my working place. My work was not just composed of office tasks anymore, but also of creative tasks I could really enjoy. It was worth to go abroad - even if it was far away from my family, friends and my home city. I learned a lot, achieved a lot and experienced a lot. The most important thing: I discovered that home is not where you were accidentally born, but where you choose it to be. Where your heart will choose it. Some time ago I wouldn't believe that one day, I'll sincerely and unreservedly acknowledge that a part of my heart is caught in the country I fell in love with in such a short time. And I feel like the previously unknown country became a part of me. I'll never forget these days ... Never.