Finally visiting the Great Wall

'Why walls great til the gotta be great?' and other stupid puns I thought up when captioning my Instagram pictures from the Great Wall.

Return Ticket

Going back to a book is like returning to the cities we believe to be our own, but which, in reality, we've forgotten and been forgotten by.

Making Mooncakes on the Grand Canal

Visiting Tangqi for Mid-Autumn Festival

What to say about Sydney

Musings on missing out.

A day in Marstrand

Summering in Sweden means a few things (as I've previously mentioned): temperamental weather, small towns, and bodies of water. No matter where you are in Sweden, there is bound to be a lake or island close by!

The Many Faces of California

How many landscapes can you see in eight hours in California?

Handy tips for summer in Sweden

You know what they say about summer in Scandinavia: it's the best day if the year!

Surviving your long layover at Singapore Changi

Maybe Singapore Changi truly is the nicest airport in the world. That's like saying yours is the nicest circle of hell: true as it may be, you're still in hell, and no one really wants to be there.

Who is that girl I see (living in Hangzhou for a year)?

I am forever halfway somewhere, not quite settled and not sure if I even want to stay.

Temples and Tourists

I always saw pictures of Westerners in Thailand at temples with their hands folded--what to me seemed like a hokey pose that didn't seem particularly respectful. That is, until I found myself there getting suckered into the very same things.