CURRENT MISSION

To see as much of the world as I can....preferably the hard-to-reach spots....

ABOUT ME

I'm a 25 year old student who lives to travel and create or find adventures. I love Jesus (: I love meeting people of different nationalities and backgrounds. I'm Dutch/Spanish, but was born and raised in Colorado and California and have moved over 30 times! I currently am studying Spanish in San Sebastian, Pais Vasco, Spain. I am a little bit Basque - AND the surfing and mountains are amazing and rugged ... and CLOSE. As in, I live right next to the surfing beach. I LOVE it here!!

I love to share my experiences and adventures with people and hear about theirs (: I hope to go to all the crazy back-corner spots of the world that most people never see. I want to go to India, Thailand, Africa, Australia....and then find all the non-tourist areas and explore.

I'm an artist/pianist, and surf, swim laps for hours in the ocean (seriously,) play tennis, run, hike, and love pretty much anything outdoors. um....that's about it for more, check out web.mac.com/aimeeaileen. I'm not selling anything(: just lots of picts and travel stories for you to enjoy!

PHILOSOPHY

I'm a born-again Christian, and I love Jesus! Best company in the world no matter where you are in the world (: He's who I live for, and this adds a sort of zest and passion to know everything is for a reason and that He has every detail in His hands. Even those crazy missed-the-last-flight sort of moments.

Motto? ¨Just wing it.¨ I tend to risk things. Alot. take chances; weight out if it's worth it and then give 150%. Take the bus even if you might not make the connection. If you do, it'll be worth it; if you don't, something else will come up. Love beauty. Love adventure. Love helping people. yay for adrenalin.... (:

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Tell...pretty much everyone I meet about it. Surf, and when I get a flat, host as well. Come say hi!! (:

Hopeful Pending Trips:
India, Indonesia, Australia, South Africa, Thailand/Laos/Cambodia, and backpacking the Spanish Pyrenees (looking for people to backpack with...!)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Everyone I´ve stayed with has become a friend. I hope to make a cosy corner for surfers when I´m back in my own apartment once again.

Interests

Traveling, exploring, surfing, running, reading, writing, hiking, tennis, camping, cycling, climbing, swimming, painting, drawing, dancing, driving, backpacking, stargazing, road-tripping, cooking, piano, and anything that involves the outdoors, adrenalin, or friends.

• writing
• beauty
• dancing
• cooking
• running
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• painting
• drawing
• piano
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• surfing
• rock climbing
• tennis
• swimming
• beaches
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

The Bible! In Spanish and English (: Anything by: C.S. Lewis or L.M. Montgomery, The Lost World by Jules Vernes,

Tons of really random songs from bands like: Sportsfreund Stiller, Madsen, Anajo, Radiohead, Newsboys, Matt Redman, Rammstein, Artic Monkeys, Secondtunez (I like Han Heter Peter, ) Sugar Ray, Gorillaz, and specifically Numa Numa, Come on Eileen, Alfie, Horse with No Name (which might not actually be the song's real name...), Blessed Be, The Way, Mardy Bum, Country House, Song of Hope, 99 Red Balloons (some versions, ) a bunch of Israeli songs that don't use the English alphabet, Fake Plastic Trees, Burslum Normals, Spring Nicht and Monsoon, (both Tokio Hotel, ) and....hmmm there's so many

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

o man. that's a tough one. For spring "break" a few weeks ago, I took a bus (yes bus,) to turkey from northern spain - alone, unplanned, kind of scared, and with a pair of crutches since I'd just blown out my knee again. Oh yes, and a good pair of Aladdin bloomers (: 3 nights in a bed out of 2 weeks of traveling. It was one of the most vagabond and ill-planned and amazing trips I've ever taken in my life. You really form a bond with people after a couple days on a bus together - there was this one, amazing Romanian woman who had everyone in stitches laughing, and made the whole high-on-travel/lack-of-sleep bus seem like a family when at first everyone was all wary of eachother. And that was just GETTING to Turkey. All in all, it was the most amazing trip I'm happy to have I lived through (:

Teach, Learn, Share

Traveling NEVER goes according to plan. And if it does, you probably missed out on something....

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, United States