16th June 2017 –
In spite of the Nutcracker’s absence, I was nervous about going to sleep. I endeavoured to stay awake until I was sure all my roommates were asleep. …
12th June 2017 –
It seemed to take forever for the time to pass. I looked out the airport windows at 4am, and it was getting light outside, but it was …
10th June 2017
The grand journey began, as many journeys of self-discovery do, with the solitary figure of a girl, boarding a midnight bus in a small town, destined for the …
I don’t go on holidays, I go on pilgrimages. Today’s journey of worship/quest for higher knowledge takes me to Glasgow, which will be my university town, come September (assuming all …
Read More7th July 2016 –
I woke to the pattering of rain on the rooftop, and the roar of the ocean in the near distance. I woke in a contemplative mood, …
5th July 2016 —
I woke early this morning — sometime after 4. Because this is Estonia, full-on daylight streamed in through the large windows. I was freezing cold, so I …
3rd July 2016 —
I never thought it would be possible to love a place the way you can love a person. But Tallinn is personified to me, and the passion …
July 1st 2016 —
There are times when I wonder how much of the way I act is me, and how much is my characters. I often jokingly refer to them …
29th June 2016 —
There is a strange paradox here, that the happier I am during the day, the more I cry at night.
Today has been my best day …
27th June —
Morning:
On the plane to Tallinn (still in Gatwick airport, yet to take off). I hear Estonian speech coming through on the speakers, and get excited when I recognise …