Hi there, my name is Evelyn Gruber and I am an Austrian living in London. I moved to London in pursuit of a high-flying career, but realised that there is more to life than investment banking and am now working in local government, teaching German on weekends, volunteering as Justice of the Peace and loving it.
I have a young teenage daughter who is lucky enough to have been brought up in a vibrant city with open minded views of the world. She combines her Asian heritage from her dad with my Austrian roots whilst finding her own identity as a “London teen”.
My family and a big part of my heart is in Austria and I am lucky to be able to call two countries my “home” – ubi bene ibi patria – for the time being – until I decide to pack my bags and go…