i was in south korea for four months previously, but it was not the life for me. home again after a stay in hanoi.

travelling is my passion. i spent 3 months in thailand, vietnam, beijing and hong kong in 2012. i think i left a huge part of me buried on the beaches of koh phangan or in the backseat of a tuk-tuk because i've felt an ache to return ever since. this past summer i spent three months travelling through europe - too many places to list but i particularly loved sarajevo, helsinki, tallinn, budapest, and reykjavik.

take me to siberia or morocco next; a journey north on the vodka train or a summer spent sleeping on rooftops, smoking hookah, and bargaining in marrakech markets...

other things i enjoy are playing soccer, hiking, swimming and writing (although this about me page was something i found to be particularly agonizing). i love music - especially ben howard, keaton henson, and gogol bordello.

other than all that, i love quentin tarantino movies, scandinavian crime novels and kicking it old school on the N64.

it often takes me quite a long time to get back to messages! give me a couple of hours. or days. honestly, sometimes months.

pizza, big macs, feminism, ikea, christmas, late night conversations, getting lost, the scent of vanilla, mulled wine, studying hands, sunlight, sand, seas, unfinished drinks, freckles, coffee, museums, symbolist art, swear words in poetry, rapid fire dialogue in black and white movies, red wine - a deep rich malbec or valpolicella, sad songs, european history, green tea, oversized sweaters, cross-country skiing, saunas, sleeping.

bon iver, fleet foxes, the national, arcade fire, damien rice, mumford and sons, the tallest man on earth, bob dylan, bjork, caribou, the organ, tennis, beach house, the smiths, kings of convenience, gogol bordello, the killers, the weeknd

candy, the royal tenenbaums, trainspotting, romeo + juliet, the darjeeling limited, lost in translation, une femme est une femme, quentin tarantino, jean-luc goddard, hayao miyazaki.

i'm an absolute old lady when it comes to tv. i like binge-watching midsomer murders and murder she wrote on netflix.

haruki murakami, george orwell, tomas transtromer, and roald dahl.

if i never see you again
i will always carry you
inside
outside
on my fingertips
and at brain edges
and in centers
centers
of what i am of
what remains.
- charles bukowski, living on luck