I'm a political science graduate with a (slightly too large) passion for Europe. I have grown up between countries and ironically feel most at home in international settings.

Music, Movies, and Books

I don't really do favourites, but a selection of stuff I like would be this:

Books: Blindness by José Saramago, Beowulf, The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Beijing Coma by Ma Jian, Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

Films: Cidade De Deus, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Roman Holiday, Trainspotting, Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Il Conformista, Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, 12 Angry Men, Le Samouraï, Bad Day at Black Rock, The Maltese Falcon, Frankenstein, The Ten Commandments, El Cid.

Music: Pennywise, Neil Young, OFF!, Sleater-Kinney Arvo Pärt

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once learned the Cyrillic alphabet on a bus trip from Ljubljana to Sofia. Does that count as amazing?

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, France, Netherlands