CURRENT MISSION

to learn as much as I can.. eating and talking and loving and drinking

ABOUT ME

I'm an eternal optimist, laid back and light-hearted, often found smiling and laughing, life is good! I like to be active, go out, cook and eat delicious food, drink good wine, meet engaging people, maybe bop around on the dance floor a bit

PHILOSOPHY

As long as you're learning and growing, you're on the right track

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've had surfers and surfed couches my entire life, but I started using the CS website when I came to Italy in 2007 to visit my brother and sister in Cosenza. I'm a natural hostess and love to make people feel at home, even when I'm in... their.. home

Interests

Finding my way around new places, collaborating in the kitchen, trying new wines, hiking to hot springs, bicycling around cities aimlessly, DANCING--can be found dancing to nearly anything, FISHING--really I'm just in love the anticipation of it-- dreaming about what I might catch, and eventually eat... and how I'm gonna cook it!-- I caught my first fish EVER on a hand-line last year in Fiji- a GLORIOUS mackeral tuna... mmm.... real Fijian coconut milk

I really just want to travel around to the world's grape growing regions and learn all about the wines they're producing, the areas they come from, the food they're meant to go with.... I want to learn French, and German, and Portuguese... then maybe work a vintage in Alsace, Porto, and Styria. Big dreamer.

• fish
• dancing
• flamenco
• capoeira
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• drinking
• traveling
• guitar
• fishing
• hiking
• kayaking
• camping
• mountaineering
• sailing
• track and field

Music, Movies, and Books

I like music that makes me bob my head up & down, BACK & FORTH, all at the same time-- you know the stuff. reggae, dub, electronica, dinner-turned-dance-party... Federico Aubele, Gotan Project, Thievery Corporation... Otis Redding, Etta James, Fat Freddy's Drop, Ben Harper, Bon Iver, The Beatles....... NPR news and Italian language podcasts

Across the Universe (my god, have you seen this??), Amelie, the Notebook (sniff, sob, sob, sob), Bridget Jones' Diary, Braveheart (FREEDOM!!!), Garden State, Moulin Rouge (I know, I know...), The Last of the Mohicans, Vicki Cristina Barcelona.. movies that make me feel some emotion, empathy.

One Hundred Years of Solitude, Kite Runner, Life of Pi, A People's History of the United States, World Atlas of Wine

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I spent a college semester in Patagonia, Chile.. sea-kayaking and mountaineering for 78-days.... longest camping trip I'VE ever been on

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm sure we'll find plenty of stuff to learn from each other

We could start in the kitchen.. I love expanding on my range of exotic spices. I can correct you on your English grammar and pronunciation if you want. I could teach you about Italian wines.. I really want to learn to sail, and to bake delicious pastries, and to play the guitar... I'd love to practice hand-stands?.. maybe learn a new type of dance? FLAMENCO? CAPOEIRA?

You can teach me something about where you come from, and I can do the same

I can help you navigate your way around on Rome's confusing public transportation system

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Fiji, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Peru, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cuba, Ecuador, Italy, New Zealand, Nicaragua, United States

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