• ladies' tea party
  • scones with jam
  • cucumber sandwiches cut into triangles without the crust
  • many different varieties of tea
  • laced gloves
  • dainty dresses
  • polite chatter (and some scandalous gossip too, of course)
• Marie Antoinette party
  • cake
  • macarons
  • champagne drank from champagne coupes
  • frilly dresses
  • pastel colours
  • lots of gossiping
• bohemian party
  • red wine

• crinkly, crimson leaves falling like little cardinals from the trees
• bobbing for apples
• popcorn balls
• jack'o'laterns/ pumpkin moonshine
• pumpkin soup
• Hogwarts great hall feast (no trolls allowed in the dungeon, please)
• the sweets trolly on the Hogwarts Express
• grey skirts with folds and cardigans
• boots and polka dot stockings
• fairy tale pumpkins that look a bit like Cinderella's carriage (with field mice for coach men!)
• Kiki and Jiji
• old books and potion beakers
• quill pens
• caldrons
• candy (the yummy, homemade sort)
• ebony witch's hats and ivory wands

• baths with foamy bubble that induce drowsiness
• the perusal of beloved childhood books
• the consoling melodies of Nick Drake's voice and guitar, the gentle whimsy of Ghibli, the worldly sounds of Yann Tiersen, and the cathartic nature of music in general
• overwhelming crying spells that are spent in a few minutes and leave in their wake an overwhelming sense of relief
• listening to mixes
• snuggling
• late night strolls
• car rides at dusk
• tidying my room in the evening and then settling in on the bed
• imagining life in my own apartment!
• songs that conjure up images of the seaside on summer nights
• wading in water

This is a personal reference to what I consider a lifelong work of pilgrimage.

SCOTLAND

• Black Rock Gorge (Evanton)
  • the rocky landscape where Harry faces the Hungarian Horntail in Goblet of Fire
• Clachaig Gully (Glencoe)
  • where Hagrid's Hut was placed from the third film and thereafter
• The Elephant House (Edinburgh)
  • cafe where JK Rowling used to write whilst she lived at her sister's
• Glenfinnan Viaduct (Lochaber)
  • part of a route from Fort William to Mallaig that's possible to take from May to October, here
  • the Viaduct is shown in the sequence wher...

• maintain correspondence with a pen pal
• lounge around in the evenings, listening to French music, watching period films, or typing bits of nonsense (or perhaps a real novel !)
• dance around my bedroom by myself to Yann Tiersen!
• bake delectable little pastries well into the night
• create music mixes complementing moods, seasons, events, etc.
• make bubble baths (with music, candles, and aromatherapeutic soaps) and personal "spa days" frequent rituals
• build forts from sheets to curl up and read in on rainy nights
• stock my bookshelves with battered classics
• pull all-nighters crafting, reading, writing, baking, or watching movie marathons
• save change in a jar to spend at vintage ...

• an assortment of cold cuts and cheeses
• rustic wholemeal bread
• fresh berries; mulberries, blueberries, raspberries and strawberries
• hot chocolate in a thermos with homemade marshmallows
• scones with jam and cream
• leafy greens; spinach, rocket and salad lettuce
• wildflower honey
• cherry tomatoes
• flavoured tea with white milk in tea cups!

Paris

• dance around my hotel room to the song La Vie En Rose by Édith Piaf
• having croissants and steaming cafe au lait in bed for breakfast
• finally speaking in French
• watching the street performers in the Place Igor Stravinsky
• taking photographs of the great architecture
• listening to music by Juliette Gréco, Édith Piaf, Yves Montand, Brigitte Bardot, Jacques Brel, Charles Aznavour, Thomas Dutronc, Yann Tiersen, etc. whilst I walk the streets of Montmartre
• visiting the museums and art conventions, especially Musee de la Poupee and Musée d'Orsay
• having picnic with baguette and wine at the Siene
• Sous le ciel de Paris s'envole une chanson hmm hmm / Elle est née d'aujourd'hui dans le cœur d'un garçon / Sous le ciel ...

• miniature framed portraits
• wall-lenghth bookshelves, well-stocked with classics, historical fiction, and biographies
• plenty of gently used books
• a shelf bearing beautiful diaries
• cozy nooks in which to devour books (or a lovely window seat)
• my grandmother's sofa and dinner plates, pictures, etc. from her quaint little house
• a permanent blanket fort
• blankets perfect for snuggling
• antiques and items amassed during my travels
• a small vanity with my perfume bottles set on a mirrored tray
• an old-fashioned tub with legs and clawed feet
• antique mirror hanging over bathroom sink

• mythologist that travels around the world to see creatures and hear stories from people
• children's book writer or illustrator
• the person that is in charge of restoring works of art
• architect
• librarian
• art model
• professional in the art of braiding hair
• animal psychologist
• tarot reader
• museum guide
• designer of clothes for little girls (and big girls that want to be little girls forever)
• tour guide at Versailles
• sculptor that works with classical style
• ballerina
• costume designer for films
• character at Disney (or hopefully, in the...

• backpack through northern and eastern Europe.
• go to the Paranal observatory, or otherwise a sky with a very clear sky - or, better yet, watch a meteor shower.
• have a tea-party with everything rose-flavoured: tea, jam, macarons, ice-cream. and dress up in gauzy fabrics for it.
• make my room the exact way I want it to be.
• ✔ ride a white horse without a saddle.
• sell and publish my writings in a magazine or a book.
• take a walk in Versailles' gardens.
• toast marshmallows over a fire at the beach.
• visit an ill person with a basket of fruit and cookies, and be visited the same way.
• have a Virgin Suicides photo shoot as Lux Lisbon in a Gunne Sax dress, sitting on ...

• build a blanket fort, curl up inside with my treasured teddies and read a book, or simply dream.
• settle down with freshly popped popcorn and watch my favourite movies, tick them off my 'to watch' list as I go.
• draw maps of my make believe world.
• join my freckles to form constellations.
• paint my nails and toenails the colour of fairy floss or peaches. Possibly even pastel blue and pale green.
• make yourself many cups of tea, of all different flavours, critique them.
• cook up a batch of chocolate chip cookies.
• make yourself some macaroons, the colours of rose petals.
• cherish your own company.
• play soft piano pieces, listen and dance softly about your room, your feet only softly kissing the ground to keep your danc...

• Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain - J...
• Dead Poets Society - Peter Weir, 1989
• Annie Hall - Woody Allen, 1997
• Before Sunrise - Richard Linklater, 1995...
• Chungking Express - Wong Kar Wai, 1994
• Dogtooth - Giorgos Lanthimos, 2009
• Ghost World - Terry Zwigoff, 2001
• An Education - Lone Scherfig, 2009
• Midnight In Paris - Woody Allen, 2011
• Blue Is The Warmest Colour - Abdellatif ...
• Pierrot Le Fou - Jean-Luc Godard, 1965
• Une Femme est Une Femme - Jean-Luc Godar...
• Rushmore - Wes Anderson, 1998
• The Royal Tenenbaums - Wes Anderson, 200...
• Somewhere - Sofia Coppola, 2010

• ✔ reading a day before a test
• reading a Gabriel García Márquez book from cover to cover
• reading as I go down or up the stairs
• ✔ reading as I walk
• reading in a motorboat
• reading in a public bus, when I should be aware of the streets so I can hop off when I should
• ✔ reading in an airplane, with turbulence/when food is served/when I'm supposed to be sleeping/when I want to go to the toilet instead
• ✔ reading in class
• reading in parade practice
• ✔ reading in the bath
• ✔ reading in the car
• reading multiple books at the same time
• ✔ reading on a screen
• ✔ reading under blankets
• reading when I'm abroad and with few minu...

• House: Ravenclaw
  • Imaginative, intuitive, open-minded (maybe too much), introverted (meaning that I live in my mind and my imaginary realm is a matter of my own), I shut myself in my imagination when the "real world" feels wrong, whimsical, wondrous, selfish in the sense that my inner world matters too much to pay attention to the world outside it.
• Wand:
  • Wood: Ash
  • Core: Dragon (dragon wands tend to learn more quickly than other types)
  • Flexibility: Unyielding
• Patronus: Doe
  • Does are shy, they are easily scared, they feel at home in deep, quiet forests, th...