CURRENT MISSION

Learn Spanish! Trek across South America. Play soccer. Meet interesting, wonderful people with very different life experiences than mine. -- Aprender español! Hacer senderismo a través de la Suramérica. Jugar fútbol. Conocer nuevos amigos.

ABOUT ME

Ahora mismo, estoy estudiando castellano (español) en Barcelona, España, y todavía ¡hay mucho que tengo que aprender!

I'm 21 years old and in my senior year of university/BA at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, in the U.S. I'm studying biology (ecology) and spanish, and trying to spend as little time as possible in Hanover!
... I use ecology field work (a lot of it bird research) as my excuse to travel. I've been lucky to spend a summer on the tundra at the northernmost tip of Alaska doing shorebird research, swimming in the Arctic ocean, walking around on icebergs, playing soccer, birding (bird watching), and keeping an eye out for polar bears... ; a winter doing research of all sorts in the rainforests, cloudforests, deserts, and wetlands of Costa Rica ; ... three summers on seabird nesting islands off the coast of Maine doing research and restoration work, living out of tents, eating fresh lobster, kayaking, and playing card games by candlelight...

Working research jobs around the world is a lot of fun, but typically you only get to work with other foreigners. I'm very excited to start traveling in a different way - with CS! ... making new friends with locals, experiencing the culture and the daily life, instead of just seeing it all from a foreigner's perspective. I look forward to being able to host and get to know other Couch Surfers, and share with them a similar kind of traveling experience!

PHILOSOPHY

I can't stand being stuck inside, and I live for good company, laughter, general silliness, and adventures.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

He empezado a hacer CouchSurfing este año, pero ¡me gustaría hospedar y surfear, los dos, mucho en el futuro!

I just started Couch Surfing this year, but I'd love to host and surf a bunch in the coming months and years!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hice CouchSurfing por la primera vez este noviembre en Roses, Cataluña, España - y disfruté mucho! Tengo muchas ganas de hospedar en el futuro!

I Couch Surfed for the first time this November in Roses, Catalonia (Spain) - and I had a ton of fun! I really look forward to hosting in the future!

Interests

I love playing sports of all kinds - soccer, frisbee, pick-up football, triathalons, tennis, skiing, foosball, ice hockey (which I'm horrible at)... most anything.
Backpacking, backcountry skiing, white-water and sea kayaking, birding (bird watching), and biking are high on my list. ... As are charades, speed scrabble, snowball fights, making pizza, sitting around campfires, listening to my friends play guitar (and attempting, pitifully, to sing along), and eating cereal.
Some of the most relaxing time I've spent in my life has been working on farms.

• birds
• culture
• singing
• cooking
• recipes
• yoga
• walking
• traveling
• restoration
• guitar
• cycling
• backpacking
• kayaking
• surfing
• skiing
• sports
• soccer
• hockey
• tennis
• swimming
• biology
• ecology

Music, Movies, and Books

I've got a horrible memory for song lyrics, but I listen to a good variety of music-- I like just about everything except for some American country and pop.
As for movies... I'm mostly into comedy (e.g. Spaceballs), though my favorite two movies are Apocalypse Now and Fight Club.
I like the Daily Show and Scrubs, but don't watch much TV.
Books - I'm up for most anything. Favorites are Farenheit 451, some Tom Clancy, and A Sand County Almanac (Aldo Leopold).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

¡He estado encima de un iceberg en medio del Océano Ártico!

I've stood on top of an iceberg in the middle of the Arctic Ocean!

Teach, Learn, Share

Me encanta cocinar y tengo unas recetas interesantes, incluyendo una para las panqueques de avena arrollada y de suero de la leche..
Si quieres aprender algo de aves, te invitaré a mirar aves conmigo!
Enseño esquí, y sé unos juegos de cartas cómicos que me encanta intercambiarlos.

Tengo muchas ganas de practicar mi Español, aprender como cocinar más tipos de cocina, aprender canciones y bailes tradicionales, y aprender yoga.

I love to cook, and I have some interesting recipes, including one for oats and buttermilk pancakes...
If you want to learn something about birds, I'll happily take you birding (bird-watching)!
I teach skiing, and I know a couple of funny card games that I love to share.

I'd be really excited about practicing my Spanish, learning how to cook more types of cuisine, learning traditional songs and dances, and learning yoga.

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, Ecuador

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, United States