Alysa Pakkidis's Photo

Unverified Profile

  • Payment not verified
  • Phone not verified
  • Government ID not verified

Wants to Meet Up

  • Last login over 4 years ago

Join Couchsurfing to see Alysa’s full profile.

Overview

  • 6 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 47, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • Travel Industry/Marketing
  • always learning
  • No hometown listed
  • Profile 100% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Travel more, explore more, live dreams!

ABOUT ME

Walking around the city, discovering new places, seeing live music, taking pics.

I enjoy spontaneity, but am also a planner. I can't get enough: photography, architecture, street art.

Love traveling, exploring, adventuring. And laughing above all else.

PHILOSOPHY

Keeping it freaky, geeky and Greeky

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've crashed on friend's couches (and them on mine!) all over the world long before joining couchsurfing, so it was a natural progression for me to end up here.
I love meeting new people and joining in on new adventures.
At home, I love to walk all over SF. It's an incredibly walkable city. Also, there is always some event going on, usually free. I try to keep up with what's going on - get in touch if you want to see some music, walk around a neighborhood, eat good food, etc.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've met some great people through CS that have enriched my life while traveling and beyond. Some continue to be close friends to this day - and that's what it's all about!

Interests

photography, architecture, music, art, hiking, reading, traveling, cultures, food, cooking, people, hiking, SCUBA diving

  • arts
  • architecture
  • street art
  • photography
  • dining
  • cooking
  • walking
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • live music
  • hiking
  • scuba diving
  • rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

This is a wide range, would be hard to narrow down. Last great movies watched: Searching for Sugar Man, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Life in a Day, Wasteland, The Cruise, Bill Cunningham New York
Michel Gondry, Wes Anderson, Martin Scorsese, Sofia Coppola, Jim Jarmusch, David Lynch, Coen Bros, Pedro Almodovar, Quentin Tarantino, Takashi Miike

Always have a book I'm into

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

*completing a 10-day silent meditation retreat
*hiking the Salkantay trek in Peru
*living in a van for 3 months in New Zealand, traveling all around the country
*climbing on a glacier in Patagonia
*meeting my family in Rhodes, Greece for the first time 6 years ago
*hiking the Annapurnas in Nepal
*2 day river float down Seti River
*witnessing my nephew's birth

Teach, Learn, Share

I like to geek out and love it when you do too

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories from around the globe

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, New Zealand, United States

Join Couchsurfing to see Alysa’s full profile.

My Groups