CURRENT MISSION

Drink a lot of tea in a lot of different places

ABOUT ME

Hi!! I'm Aawa (pronounced 'Ah-wa') I love to travel (surprise surprise!), to explore cultures, languages, music, forests, cities, kitchens... But I also love a cup of tea and a book, or relaxing with friends and a beer and a good home cooked meal. I love the beautiful man made places in the world and especially the beautiful natural places - we have some pretty amazing forests, deserts, beaches and mountains in Australia of which I'm lucky to have had a pretty good taste! Music is pretty central to my life - practising the flute, jamming, playing concerts, going to concerts and gigs, dancing (terribly). I love it all and it makes me happppppyyy.

PHILOSOPHY

Wow. um well, take care of our environment, in Australia I think our stunning natural places are our greatest legacy to the future. So think to the future but don't live for it. Have a cup of tea!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have done a fair bit of surfing across Europe and I have met some really wonderful people and made some close friends through this community! Pretty soon I hope I will be able to give back to the couchsurfing community by offering up a comfy bed or sofa in Melbourne or New York, depending on where I end up for the next few years.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I think it is one of the best ways to meet locals when you're travelling. I had an unbelievable, amazing, totally inspiring time couchsurfing in Ireland, Norway, Germany and France in 2012 and I really think it is the best idea. I met some truly amazing people who blew me away with their hospitality and kindness (although I surfed through a friend's profile, so my references don't really reflect my surfing experience, in case you're wondering!). Couchsurfing brings adventure into travelling and makes for what I think is a much more holistic experience of a place since you're not just ticking the boxes of what you're 'meant' to see.

Interests

Music, fluting-and-tooting, hiking, drawing, reading, going out, staying in, tea, wine, food, gardening, films, languages, history, art, camping, watching the funny birds that visit my veranda, politics, learning odd and mostly impractical phrases in different languages, people, sustainability...many things!

• birds
• arts
• books
• concerts
• dancing
• environment
• dining
• wine
• beer
• drinking
• gardening
• politics
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• drawing
• music
• hiking
• camping
• surfing
• history
• languages
• beaches
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES: QI, The IT Crowd, Dr WHO, Miss Maple, LOTR, Love Actually, Pan's Labyrinth, 30 Rock, Amelie, Black Books, Monty Python, Miyazaki films, BBC Pride and Prejudice....
MUSIC: Lúnasa, Trouble in the Kitchen, Tracy Chapman, Lucy Wise, Flook, Arvo Pärt, Beethoven, The Beatles, Steeleye Span, Beirut, Bob Marley, Louis Armstrong, Joni Mitchell, the Mae Trio, Sufjan Stevens, Piazzolla, J.S. Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Prokofiev, Rimsky-Korsakov, Ibert, Mozart, Poulenc, Rufus Wainwright, Satie, Stravinsky...
BOOKS:The Poisonwood Bible, Corrag, Bleak House, The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Harry Potter (NOT THE FILMS), Jane Austin novels, Alexander McCall Smith novels, Heart of Darkness, Jane Eyre, Crime and Punishment...

Teach, Learn, Share

I could teach you a tune on the ukulele or tin whistle... or the names of the birds around my house... or some totally useless but very interesting facts about the world. I'd love to learn a funny/strange saying or two in your language! One day I would like to learn how to carve wood.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, France, Spain