As stated in the About me section, I could say I am a lot of things, so this is going to be a quick bullet points list to tell you a bit more about me. 🙂

I am:

• a mechanical engineer, working on a PhD in Tribology
• a passionate traveller, who tries to avoid irresponsible tourism
• a professional bookworm, who reads way too fast, loves fantasy (J.R.R. Tolkien…) and the classics such as Dostojevski, but hates Joyce – you can find my book recommendations here
• a geekette: I love all kinds of fantasy, sci-fi (Star Trek…) and board games, so of course this blog has a geek corner
• a LARP (live-action-roleplaying) GM (game master and organiser), co-running a LARP group based in Slovenia
• hopelessly clumsy
• a beginner fire spinner (I picked up a new hobby while living in Luleå, Sweden)
• not the greatest people person, but I can mingle with the best of them if needed

I love:

• languages (I aim to be fluent in at least 10 before I die, current progress: Slovenian, Serbo-croatian, English, German, learning Spanish and a bit of French and Swedish)
• food! in all shapes and sizes, preferably in large quantities – check out my recipes here
• cheese! (yes, I know it’s food, but it has a special place in my heart stomach)
• animals (the bigger and fluffier the better, I used to have a guinea pig and I went to Australia just to see the wombats)
• dragons! (as far as I am concerned, they qualify for the above category)
• philosophy (partial to Nietzsche, although I do not necessarily agree with him, forever lacking the time to focus and read more)
• green tea
• rain
• abandoned buildings and old tech (see my urbex posts here)
• dancing (flamenco, lindy hop and pole dance back in the day)

I hate:

• pineapples with a passion you would not believe
• small talk (there is only so many times I can introduce myself and go through the motions at a party)
• excuses and people who do not do their part or break promises
• burning out or getting sick, because life is too short and too interesting

I try:

• to do one new thing every day, even if it is just trying out a new spice combination while cooking
• to always do too much at once
• to control my erratic temper
• to reduce my waste, reuse and recycle as much as I can – some of my tips for sustainable lifestyle can be found here

I’ve tried:

• skydiving in Australia
• weird types of meat (crocodile, kangaroo, reindeer, moose, snake, crickets…)
• hitchhiking and couchsurfing (highly recommend, but stay safe!)
• looking for weird animals in the rainforest at night
• target practice shooting for about a year

I collect:

• beer coasters (planning to cover up my future kitchen ceiling)
• postcards (everyone needs a travel wall + here is a postcards appreciation post)
• useful souvenirs (80% of my wardrobe is international at this point)
• make up products I never have time to use