Imsouarne in Morocco.

So far, it’s a district of a place in Hunza, Pakistan called Gulmit. I don’t have a home there but generally being in the mountains and specifically being in Gulmit has given me something that I think was always missing from my life: magic, mystery, adventure, and the feeling of being a part of something bigger than me.

The middle of the desert

A few answers, some more literal and others more abstract:

Boom festival, Portugal. And just Portugal more generally, especially Sintra. The day I showed up there an incredibly kind family hosted me, initially in their guest house and then invited me to stay in their home, and I just kinda became part of their family. Really beautiful.

I’m currently in Mexico and feeling very at home swimming in cenotes, and exploring the ocean. I just discovered freediving and the bottom of a cenote feels like a special new home I discovered.

I’m also a climber and for me, up on the rock is where I feel at home. It’s a place of safety. I feel like I can climb up high and no one can get me. How I feel about caves in this domain is also how I feel in cenotes. Caves/rock/water/jungle feel like my natural habitat.

As others have said, it’s what you make it. A lot of it comes from inside. But I really welcome the feeling of love and acceptance from others. I don’t think that can be understated, no matter how independent we are and how much we can thrive alone. A home is your internal space of safety but it’s also something beautiful to share and build with others.

Another overly gooey example is travelling around with my husband for the last 6 months. Sometimes we long for stability, sometimes not, but ultimately we have made a home wherever we are, because we are together. I know we could both do that alone as we have before but there is something so special about being together, that helps us to feel at home no matter where we are in the world, no matter how shitty the environment may be. We will have internal struggles sometimes, which of course we can overcome independently and it’s important to exercise that muscle, but it’s wonderful to have the love and support of another person.

Brazil. It’s almost as if friendliness is ingrained into their accent!

Still searching 😂

The area I was born in.

I imagine that will probably be true for most people.

Lithuania and Netherlands.

China ,

Graduated from university ,

and probably spent the best years of my life in Beijing

For me it’s Malta. I think a big part of it is that they English is an official language and most people speak it fluently in addition to Maltese, so you can actually connect with the locals on a deeper level and the fact that’s it’s so small you get to know the island very fast. There’s also so many foreign people living there, you don’t really feel like an outsider much.

Ballz deep in the chick I met on the “free tour” of the local sites.

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Mazatlan, Mexico, best place I’ve ever lived.

I really dislike when people ask me where I’m from. I’m not “from” anywhere. I was born in the UK, family immigrated to Canada when I was a child. I married an American and lived in Florida for a long time. Went back to Canada for a couple of years and was miserable. Came to Mexico in 2014.

I’ve been learning Spanish since I arrived in Mexico and it’s pretty good. I’m more comfortable in Mexico than I ever was in Canada or the US. I’ve only been back to visit my family twice in 9 years and whenever I’m there I just want to be back in Mexico.

Southern Africa. Mozambique and Namibia

Vietnam. Cities of this country are so different. I like local people so much, I like the culture, I like Airbnb hosts, I like the way Ho Chi Minh City develops, I like luxury beach Nha Trang city and so on