Hey there! My name’s Alicia and I’m a Canadian/Polish gal living near Niagara Falls, Canada. I have a passion for travel and have done many backpacking trips by myself around the world. I’m an environmental engineer and also have spent some time pursuing the artist life full-time.

Currently I am travelling around India for a month with one of my best friend’s from Germany. We met while we were both travelling by ourselves in Guatemala last year and have reunited to travel India together. At the start of April I will be travelling to Thailand for two weeks by myself, and then Oahu, Hawaii for a 4 day stopover before returning to Toronto for the summer. If you’re around Toronto during this time let me know and I can show you around or host you. I’ll be back to my hometown near Niagara Falls quite a bit as well.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because I love meeting new people and experiencing their city from their perspective. I also love hosting fellow travellers, but I was only able to do so when I lived in Vancouver since I’ve been moving/travelling too much. But in September I’ll finally be more settled and can hopefully host again!

Interests

- Painting colourful watercolour animals (You can take a look here: www.aliciazofia.com)
- Cooking dinner and drinking wine with friends
- Solo-backpacking
- The great outdoors! I love hiking, camping, fishing, sailing, etc etc etc
- Beach volleyball!
- Bike rides with friends
- SCUBA diving

• salsa dancing
• beer
• painting
• music
• live music
• cycling
• backpacking
• camping
• scuba diving
• sailing
• snowboarding
• rock climbing
• volleyball
• road trips
• travel
• art
• learning languages

Music, Movies, and Books

The National, Califone, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Menomena, Iron and Wine, Perfume Genius, Phosphorescent, Built to Spill, Cat Power, No Joy, Rilo Kiley, Sigur Ros...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Free-diving down to depths of 15m on one breath of air, held for about 3.5 mins, to view a shipwreck!

What I Can Share with Hosts

- Share travel stories and experiences
- Conversation in English
- I can paint with you and teach you how to use watercolours
- We can cook dinners together

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, England, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Italy, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Thailand, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Guatemala, Poland, Spain