I believe that the most beautiful journeys are made of encounters. Also staying with the locals is the best way to discover a place and it's culture.

I enjoy works of art from various cultures and times. This is also travelling! Music: I listen to a loooot of music. And I have very eclectic tastes. Favorite type of music probably remains rock, blues/soul, "chanson à texte" (old french songwriters). A song to escape: Taro by Alt-J Movies: I especially love psychological and social drama's. An emotionally strong movie: "One flew over the cuckoo's nest" by Milos Forman Books: I love novels/short stories with an in-depth understanding of the characters' psychology. I also read quite a lot of essays, especially in my fields of predilection, sociology and anthropology. A "subtle" novel: "Confusion of Feelings" by Stephan Zweig