Who are you?
Hi. My name is Rebecca, and I'm a commercial lawyer practising in banking and finance law. Outside of professional life, I'm a great lover of good food, fresh herbs, my dog, spending time outdoors and enjoying the company of good friends.
Where do you come from?
I was born in Canberra, Australia's capital city. I spent my childhood in Griffith, in regional New South Wales and my teenage years at boarding school in Canberra. Since leaving school, I've lived in London, United Kingdom, Berlin, Germany and my hometown Canberra.
Who's in your family?
Aside from my mum and dad, I have one older brother, my dog (Red, who is the actual love of my life and hands down the best dog ever) and a fish (called Fish because #creativity).
What's better, cats or dogs?
This is a very, very important question. With zero hesitation, dogs. I am 110% a dog person. In actual fact, I'm so obsessed with my dog that I frequently Facetime home simply so I can talk to her, and not my parents. As you might imagine, they appreciate this order of priorities a lot...
Why do you travel so much?
I love to travel. It's my greatest passion in life and my biggest love aside from my dog. I love seeing the world and honestly cannot imagine anything worse than being stuck in only one place.
Where have you travelled?
Asia;
Malaysia, Maldives, Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Macau, Thailand, Cambodia, South Korea, Uzbekistan, Japan
Middle East;
United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Jordan
Europe;
Portugal, Spain, France, Monaco, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Italy, the Vatican, Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Ireland, United Kingdom, Slovakia, Luxembourg
Oceania;
Australia, New Zealand
South America;
Argentina, Chile, Uruguay
Africa;
Mauritius, Morocco, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia
All up, 58 countries and counting!!
What's a random fun fact about yourself?
Ich kann Deustch sprechen!! (I can speak German)
I have no close German family, just some distant heritage from the 1800's, so there's no real reason for me to speak German aside from the fact that I love the German speaking world and apparently like to battle my way through extraordinarily complex grammar...
What's on your travel bucket list?
Lofoten Islands - Norway
Mt. Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar - Tanzania
Bishkek, Osh, Tian Shan Mountains - Kyrgyzstan
St Petersberg, Moscow, Lake Baikal, Kazan - Russia
Kiev - Ukraine
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Schloss Hohenzollern - Germany
Quebec, Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto, Ottowa, Banff - Canada
Seattle, San Francisco, Hawaiian Islands, New York, New Orleans, Yosemite National Park - USA
Jellyfish Lake - Palau (Google it!!)
Zhangjiajie National Park - China
Galapagos Islands, Lake Titicaca - Ecuador
Cancun, Tulum - Mexico
Muscat - Oman
Gobi Desert - Mongolia
Seychelles
Uganda to see the mountain gorillas
+ EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD
(as you can see, I'm quite the fan of some rather random and 'weird' places)
Where in the world are you off to next?
When I have some annual leave banked up at a very imprecise and undeterminable point in the future, the dream is to go to Kyrgyzstan to hike in the Tian Shan Mountains. I also have lofty ambitions of spending a white Christmas in a cute mountain hut in Colorado, USA (mostly for the snowboarding, though I'll also get round the hot choccies because #balance), hiking some of the multi-day trails in NZ's South Island and I'd quite fancy an overland tour through Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Ultimately though, courtesy of being a real adult with a job and also the whole global pandemic thing, all of this is but a dream. One day!
What is your spirit animal?
Unequivocally, a wombat. Absolutely the cutest, funniest, most random animal ever. I love them!
Do you have any special skills?
1. I rarely, if ever, use an actual recipe. I have a bit of a sixth sense when it comes to cooking and just sort of know if that's the right amount of flour, or sugar or whatever else it is that the thing I'm cooking requires.
2. I like to think I'm good a remembering somewhat random and generally useless fun facts about most things, so if you give me a topic - any topic - there's a strong likelihood I can provide you with a tidbit of random information on that topic.
3. I'm a geography nerd. If challenged, I think I could name all the countries in the world, every capital city in Europe, all the states of America, flags (if you show me pictures) and other fun geographic stuff.
4. I also love planes and can tell you with a disturbingly high degree of accuracy all the regular international departures from Sydney International Airport (approximate time of day, airline, aircraft type and destination) (yes I know how nerdy this is but I'll make no apologies).
Do you actually frequently get asked these questions?
No. Well, in part actually, because sometimes people ask the odd question and I find it hard to answer properly on social media, so I thought I'd make a page of questions here instead. But truthfully, I like answering questions and I am also an ace procrastinator, and I should be doing work right now, but instead consider it much more fun to ask and answer questions...
If you have any questions, feel free to ask away! As I said, I like answering questions, so I'm happy to tell you more random and semi-useless information about myself, Harry Potter, bike riding or anything else that takes your fancy!
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