Tatjana+Petrovic

Hi! My name is Tatjana Petrovic, I am 22 years old and I have been studying in Padua for 3 years now. I come from Croatia, a Mediterranean country with about 4 000 000 habitants, not far away from Italy. The main reasons I chose to study here are the Italian culture, history and literature I found interesting and I already had some knowledge about that I wanted to expand, the experiences I wanted to gain by living somewhere else except my town Rijeka and the challenge whether or not I will succeed in my goals. My Dad lives in Croatia, my Mum spends most of her time in Italy since she works here, and my sister went to the U.S. after highschool and is finishing her college there now. One of my greatest passions is travelling. Till now I mostly travelled around Europe. During my teens I got the chance to visit England, that I really liked for its rural life as well as for the architecture of its capital, but I didn't find its "four seasons in one day" climate much attractive though. In Italy I visited Verona that I liked especially for its stories related to Romeo and Giulia whose famous balcony I saw at Villa Capelletti. Then I visited France; with my highschool class I went to Greece- it was amazing to see the clash of its antic remains of temples and its modern architecture and listen to many Greek myths. I also saw Austria, the Czech Republic (which capital Praga is given a nickname "the Venice of the North") and Hungary. The next places I would like to visit are Spain, Egypt and the U.S. I also like sports, especially football and volleyball. I find football matches interesting to watch, although I don't watch them as much as a couple of years ago and although I discovered I am not very talented for that sport. On the other hand, I play volleyball pretty well and in Croatia I played in my school team and would never get tired of it even when I played for hours without any breaks. Can I say I got hooked? :) Another of my interests is music. Some years ago I insisted on listening to music such as rock and metal. Now, I can listen to almost any kind of music. Music makes up a big part of my life- it can change my mood easily (usually for the better :) and I like to know interesting details about different genres and bands. So, that's all for now. Hope to hear from you soon. Bye!