CURRENT MISSION

Missed out on an OE (Overseas Experience) in my 20's, so I am going to do it in my fifties!

ABOUT ME

Found out about Couchsurfing while in Europe in July 2009 while on a number of reciprocal house swaps. This is another great alternative. Hosting is a great way to experience many of the joys of travel without even leaving home.

But great news! my tickets are booked and I am finally about to head off on the great Kiwi OE... 30 years later than most... what can I say, must be a late developer!!

PHILOSOPHY

who needs an excuse?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I really enjoy introducing people to my country and learning about them and theirs... its the next best thing to travelling yourself.

After hosting many wonderful people from around the world, I am finally ready to head off and be a surfer myself. My sister charmingly said, "Carol-Ann, you would be welcome anywhere, because you can cook"!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Wow! just had a big break from couch surfing. I have had many visitors stay (about 50) over the past 18 months, with lots of great memories.

Interests

collecting trivia, travel (of course), cooking, hospitality, opera and classical music, scrapbooking, paper craft, family history, patchwork and textile crafts, biodynamics, artisan breadmaking

• cooking
• drinking
• crafts
• news
• trivia
• traveling
• scrapbooking
• music
• classical music
• opera
• surfing
• teaching
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Hoping to take in as many operas as I can on this trip

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

swam in the Mediterranean for the first time today! July 2009.
A lunar eclipse on MidSummers Eve 2010 while drinking honey mead (roll on Mid Summer at Stonehenge)

Teach, Learn, Share

I am a craft tutor, specialising in papercrafts such as cardmaking and scrapbooking.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Cook Islands, Denmark, Fiji, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, France, New Zealand, Niue

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