I just want to learn and grow and I believe that the best way to do this is through travel, exploring, and meeting people along the way. I like travelling alone, with friends, or with my fiancé and have had a wonderful time each way. I'm pretty easy going and I like to share cultures. Museums and mountains are my happy places and I recently got into surfing.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It is the most organic way to get to learn about a place and its people. Hotels are too isolating and hostels are not a great place to meet locals. I am keen to make new friends as some of the best strangers that I have met have been on the road. Isn't that what travelling is all about, sharing new experiences?
I'm also hoping to widen my knowledge of the world by opening my mind to new people and cultures.

Interests

I am a very creative person and I'm working on some kind of project, I have a keen interest in cooking and I am always looking for new (around the globe) recipes. I have been vegetarian for 6 years and which has made me a lot more adventurous with my cooking. I do jiu-jitsu and have competed a few times, I also do yoga and I'm a qualified yoga teacher. My biggest love in this life is languages - I loved languages so much that I studied Spanish and Portuguese at university and I am looking to travel everywhere that it's reasonably possible to travel to.

• writing
• cooking
• baking
• vegan
• yoga
• running
• reading
• traveling
• bouldering
• music
• rock music
• hiking
• surfing
• swimming
• jiu jitsu
• history
• languages
• dance
• theatre
• learning
• salsa
• latin america
• reading,

Music, Movies, and Books

Music (Tend to stick with rock): Bon Jovi, Jeff Buckley, Pink Floyd, Guns n Roses, Blur
Books (I'm a big bookworm so here are my top picks): Of Mice and Men, Atonement, Animal Farm, O Primo Basilio, The Depford Mice, His Dark Materials, The Picture of Dorian Gray, El General en su Laberinto, Terra Sonambula, anything by Paulo Coelho
Films (I'm very behind so would love to fill in an evening catching up): Most stuff by Woody Allen, Star Wars, Leon, Most 90s Disney films
Theatre: Shakespeare (pretty much anything), La Nona, Bodas de Sangre, Birdsong, Every Last Trick, Hair, War of the Worlds, A Handbag

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Free horseback riding in the Copper Canyon in exchange for Spanish to English interpretation for the day with a group of strangers I met in the village the night before

Teach, Learn, Share

Can share English, Spanish and Portuguese. Would be more than happy to cook for the people that I stay with and introduce you to British things. Also happy to do some yoga lessons.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A place to stay in wherever I may be should they ever visit and also, I will cook for you.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Costa Rica, England, Israel, Mexico, Portugal