CURRENT MISSION

To find myself through meeting new people, having new experiences and getting outside my comfort zone!

ABOUT ME

Currently travelling for a year and a half with my Scottish boyfriend. Finished up our year in New Zealand (Working Holiday Visa - I recommend this to EVERYONE) and we are now in the process of visiting Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and the Philippines.

After my engineering degree, I decided that I'd love to study Urban Planning and this interest came to me while travelling Europe with my best friend and observing the different ways of living - mostly attributed to the different layouts of the cities that we visited.
I can be a bit shy when meeting new people, but it doesn't take me long to warm up!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet new people, to see places from the point of view of a local or someone who is living here. I hope to be able to host people when I'm back in Canada :)

Interests

I love live music :) Used to play the guitar, love hearing classical guitar live
I would like to learn how to surf - LOVE the ocean, but have never been anywhere with big enough waves (until now...)
Love snowboarding
I really enjoy learning about the public transportation system of a city I'm travelling in (and then make friendly suggestions about how to improve it - Transportation Engineering is my choice of study)

• books
• politics
• movies
• traveling
• music
• live music
• guitar
• snowboarding
• engineering

Music, Movies, and Books

Best Movie (this year) Spy with Melissa McCartney, gosh that woman can make me laugh!

Best Books:
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
A House in the Sky
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Race Against Time by Stephen Lewis

Recent Book:
Healing Our History: The Treaty of Waitangi by Robert Consedine

Favourite Bands:
Coldplay
Tame Impala
Black Keys

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Uproot my life to go and live in another country for a year. I'm also currently travelling through South East Asia for 5 months.

Teach, Learn, Share

My parents are Italian, so if you wanted to learn a couple of quick and easy Italian sauces I would be more than happy to help :) I also know the not so quick and easy ones!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Great conversation - I love debating controversial issues (ahem politics and environmental issues) or talking about favourite books/movies - I would also love to hear about your country and your thoughts on it, favourite travel experiences, tips on where to go in South East Asia, New Zealand, etc

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Cambodia, Cuba, England, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, New Zealand