Hi there!

The travel bug first bit me when I was in high school as a part of an international handbell choir. We toured Eastern Europe every other summer, playing the bells everywhere from rural towns to federal prisons! As I'm sure you could have guessed, I am chalk full of wacky travel stories - and the handbell choir was only the start. Once I graduated, I moved to New York City for a year and enrolled in the Homeland Security program at a University over there. In August 2016, I had the opportunity to engage with the Peace and Conflict Research program at Uppsala University in Sweden. During this year-long exchange, I took advantage of the Swedish's flexible learning style and managed to travel a great deal of Europe (The parts of Europe my handbell choir didn't cover). I then spent the following year in NYC again and in July 2018, I jumped on over to Australia! I am traveling around this awesome country until my flight home on the 16th of January.

It's been a wild ride to 41 countries and I am still counting! Can't wait to keep adventuring :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couch surfing is an incredible platform to meet new, interesting people and share the stories we have all made along the way! There is nothing better than a local perspective and I love getting a glimpse.

Interests

• chocolate
• coffee
• picnic
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• adventure travel
• mountains
• watching movies
• bars
• meeting new people
• handbells

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - Will basically listen to anything, but my particular favs are Techno, Psytrance, little bit of Disco here and there, light and flowy EDM
Movies - Scary, action, dramatic, indie... I rarely say no to any kind of movie night.
Books - I love a good political commentary. Currently reading 'Who Rules the World' by Noam Chomsky.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In 2015, I left high school a bit early and moved to the Galapagos in order to volunteer on an agricultural development farm.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am so easy going and basically always down for anything! If you are looking for someone to drag to your favorite Trivia Night or that bar you've always wanted to go to, I'm your gal!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, England, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Mozambique, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukraine, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Sweden, United States