CURRENT MISSION

learning and living in travel, food, love, friends, and everything in between

ABOUT ME

Hello all!

I am currently a student at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR. However, at the moment I am on a year-long overseas program in Munich, Germany: München. I am a German Studies major with a minor in Communications. I love photography. absolutely and completely. I also love to sing, you can listen to my songs here:

www.soundcloud.com/abigailpress

At the moment I am an intern at DOK.fest München, an International Documentary Film Festival here in Munich. It is so much fun and I love the people I work with. Learning is good.

PHILOSOPHY

be safe, be strong

Interests

I love to play the piano. Colors are always good. Hiking and breathing in the gusts of Nature is refreshing. Climbing trees is fun. good food,,good food,,good food. people. All kinds of art. Languages and the adeptness for them runs in my family. Cultures are such great things from which to learn about yourself. N64, i mean, what can beat a good session of super smash with a 3 friends? Cirque du soleil and mysterious things.. black*white movies. Tofu and organic food although i am not a vegetarian. singing. exploring. wandering. learning.

• arts
• singing
• photography
• documentaries
• festivals
• dining
• vegetarian
• organic food
• movies
• traveling
• piano
• hiking
• skiing
• rock climbing
• communications
• languages
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: eternal sunshine, mirror mask, the truman show, the twilight zone, the little mermaid, inception, a little princess, man with the movie camera

Music: explosions in the sky, bibio, baths, braids, diana krall, bill evans, fleet foxes, iron & wine, caribou, billie holiday, four tet, blonde redhead, the kills, deerhunter, first aid kit, ahmad jamal, bonobo, cake, electrelane, eluvium

Books: the unbearable lightness of being, rebecca, the secret garden

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Recently I went skiing in Austria. It was a rather frightening experience, being a novice on the skis, but once at the top of the lift, looking out upon countless snow-covered mountains I was blown away. A priceless moment.