Hallo. My name is Lina. I'm known as Callaway (Formally C a l l a w a y) on TBT. Next month I am officially (after several months of delays and setbacks) moving to Germany. I wanted somewhere to log my travels; leading up to, going to, landing in and exploring the beautiful country of Germany and the amazing continent of Europe.
I wanna give some background on myself because I'm a lame butt.
I was born here.
I tiny little Island chain just east of Australia, formerly know as Aoteroa, South New Wales (but we don't talk about that lol) and then finally... New Zealand. It's known for the Kiwi Bird, Rugby, LOTR, The Haka, The friendliest people south of the equator, and Sheep. Lots of ****ing sheep.
I grew up here
This is Wellington, the capital of NZ.
It was a really cool place to live.
Then when I was 15, my American born Mother divorced my Australian Father and decided to move us to Texas...
I was horrified. I thought I was gonna be stuck in an Outback like setting with americans who drove rusted out cars, had a plethora of guns, and wouldn't understand me and would be HORRIBLE to me. (literally, I still get told to speak english by Americans when I have my accent. =o =)
But despite my protests and fear, Mum moved us to an actually pretty cool city!
Austin, Texas.
I went to highschool Here
It wasn't so bad, honestly. I enjoyed my friends and they enjoyed me. I got asked a lot of questions about Australia and my friends would correct anyone saying "She's from NEW ZEALAND you uncultured swine" and pull me away in a huff. I loved them.
Upon graduation, I went to this University.
University of Texas in Austin
Graduated.
Now I'm moving here.
Vilseck, Germany.
Lemme show you something cool and a little WTF.
I have gotten used to living in a big state... Now? I'm returning to a small country. Mind Blowing, eh?
Anyway.
Last bit before I sign off.
This is my 7 year old Daughter, Piper.
She was born in October 7 years ago (duh) and is a very important part of my story. She's not going with me to Germany right away, she's staying behind with my mother to finish out her school year and get summer tutoring in German before she comes over.
I'll miss her ;;.
SO anyway, I will be writing updates here as they come. The first bits might be dull. It'll be about flight dates and appointments and getting things in order (Might show off my new swanky luggage wooooooo) :U But stick around! It will get better <3 you'll see.
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