CURRENT MISSION

with all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. be cheerful. strive to be happy.

ABOUT ME

i love traveling and i love meeting new people. i have traveled all over europe, morocco, ecuador and have lived in the u.s., england, ireland and costa rica. i feel that there have been so many times (especially in countries where i haven't spoken the language) that i have needed help in some way and people just come out of the wood work when you need them. which contributes to my belief that the world is still a beautiful place with good people.

i love having an ordinary 'perfect' day. the type of day when nothing great happens, but you can hang out with friends or at the beach and the whole day you are just simply aware that it's a really good day. they are rare...

i love:
-people who make me laugh and love making others laugh.
-a good cup of tea with just the right amount of milk and sugar.
-blowing off school work to just 'read a book for fun.'
-when plans fall through and then something completely unexpected and fun happens and it turns out there's nowhere i would've rather been.
-when it snows really hard and a heavy silence fills a city.
-i love watching my nephews play.
-road trips when you drive through the mountains and all you see is road ahead of you.
-when the wind blows really hard in costa rica.
-driving under tunnels when it's raining and there's a little moment of silence...

PHILOSOPHY

we do what we need to be free.

Karma.

don't force it.

the future will always be unclear.

if money is the only thing keeping you from doing something...it's not a good enough reason.

things always work out.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

when i lived in england and ireland, i traveled quite a bit. i mostly stayed in hostels but i had some great experiences staying with friends of friends, or randoms that i met. it's always such a great way to get to know people beyond the surface level...

also i have met SO many people through CS in Costa Rica, MN and Boston!

Interests

travel, travel, travel... a cup of tea on a rainy day in dublin, hiking, kayaking, international feminist issues, warm breezes off lake superior, women's international human rights, red wine on summer nights, walking, days in the summer when lake superior is freakishly warm and the waves are huge, having a guinness at any hole in the wall pub in dublin, taking off on the weekends and going to the ocean, playing cards and laughing with my sisters, snow-shoeing, jumping into completely calm water, going to garage sales on saturday mornings in the summer, 'wasting' days in coffee shops with friends talking and laughing for hours

• books
• performing arts
• human rights
• cooking
• wine
• red wine
• coffee
• working out
• walking
• pub crawls
• traveling
• garage sales
• knitting
• music
• hiking
• kayaking
• bungee jumping
• road trips
• beaches
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: BOB DYLAN, DAMIEN RICE, STEVIE NICKS, fleetwood mac, U2, mazzy star, neil young, johnny cash, willie nelson, trampled by turtles, led zeppelin, coldplay, greg brown, radiohead, ryan adams, tragically hip, lisa hannigan, the frames, rolling stones, ben harper, bruce springsteen, tom petty...the list goes on

Movies: independent and foreign films, amelie, motorcycle diaries, no man's land, bandit queen, Antonia's Line, if these walls could talk, monsoon wedding, girl in the cafe, nine lives, warrior marks, the hours, inside I'm dancing, frida, what dreams may come, in my country, eternal sunshine of a spotless mind, reality bites

Television: as stupid as t.v. is, i have to admit i do love: six feet under, grey's anatomy and sex and the city

Books: basically all feminist books, the bell jar, writing a woman's life, way of the peaceful warrior, animal farm, fireweed, Lakota woman, reading lolita in tehran, the hours, to kill a mockingbird, the miracle of mindfullness, being peace, the secret life of bees, into the wild, the kite runner

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i am very fortunate, as there have been many...

spent a night in the Sahara desert during the most amazing meteor shower i have ever seen!

witnessed a shaman perform an iawasca ceremony in the middle of the oriente (rain forest) in ecuador.

went canyoning and canyon jumping in switzerland

bungee jumping in costa rica...300 foot jump!

Teach, Learn, Share

i can knit a little and could maybe teach others, i also make jewelry and would love to show people how....i could also share some really good music! i love to pass it on, especially to those who are in the midst of a long trip! learning to cook too!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Costa Rica, Ireland, United Kingdom, United States

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