south sudan

hello hello i am not only an official year older but also a year less wise. woop woop. i am also one trip to copenhagen richer and let me tell you, i ate. i ate a lot. i ate it all. the only time i wasn’t eating was when i was bingeing “ripley” and during

georgia

spring has sprung and so have i! or at least, spring is tentatively reaching out its feelers for a tender butterfly kiss on the tip of one’s nose. which is pretty dang nice for mid-march. my mum and i shared our first sunny terrace lunch today, so the change of the seasons is in full

central african republic

happy sunday, my happy sundays. whilst i wouldn’t say spring has sprung quite just yet, the first birds are certainly a-chirpin’ and our darling vespa denise has been in much more constant use again. maybe this spring awakening is partially thanks to the myriad of swiss fasnachts (is that the plural? fasnächt? fasnachten?), the purpose

malta

hello darling pals and palettes how’s it hangin’? are you having the hot girl/guy summer of your dreams, both in the literal and pop-cultural sense of the word? i, for one, have been trying to cram as many summery activities into those intermittently scorchingly hot but mostly rather stormy days and have been berry picking

costa rica

hello readers, my old friends. what’s up? what’s down? what’s all over the place? (i am. i certainly am) to say i’ve had an eventful few months would be an understatement. a big one at that. that being said, whilst many of the events have certainly been on the rather shite side, there have been

sudan

hello dearest (hopefully nice and warm) friends, winter has returned at full force, and i’ve been talking full advantage of the cold, the snow and generally vibes of cosiness by engaging in all of the most wintery activities. a few rounds of ice-skating, eating fondue in a little gondola (not the venetian ones) and a

papua new guinea

why, hello there! didn’t think the new year would bring you another desperate attempt of mine to revive this blog, did you? nor did i. yet here we are. how has life been? any shocking news? or news of the non-shocking variety? i have been (as per) all over the place. emotionally, geographically, culinarily. since

djibouti

i wonder how many of these posts will start with a comment on the weather, but i believe i have lived in england long enough to justify making at least every other post do so. well, the weather is gorgeous. the past couple of weeks have been a meteorologic up and down, but this fine