CURRENT MISSION

Visiting Istanbul

ABOUT ME

Emily and Alex are a couple from the UK and New Zealand spending the next six months living in Budapest and travelling around Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

They met in October 2013 in Montreal, when Emily was in her final semester of her BA in International Development and African Studies at McGill university. Alex was on an exchange semester at the same university and living in the apartment above hers.

PHILOSOPHY

Bitches love philosophy

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We're going to be travelling a lot during the next few months, but would love to host when we are back in Budapest!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Emily has couch surfed in Colombia and New Orleans, and shown a few people around Montreal.

Alex has couch surfed in Chicago and Bulgaria, and has hosted people in New Zealand.

Interests

Emily is really interested in African Studies, in particular culture and representations of the continent. She likes taking photos http://e-hayesharris.tumblr.com/ and would love to make documentary films one day.

Emily is a bubbly, sassy and light hearted gal- with pure positive vibes and enjoys a spot of adventure with her morning cuppa. A Brit through and through she loves all things Devon- butterflies flutter when she see Jamie Oliver or hears Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall's name.. a seasoned festival goer Emily prides herself on her prowess as a purveyor of all things fun or funky. With all these marvelous experiences HArris is known for her famous yarns, don't let her leave without hearing her continent crossing ,mind tingling autobus stories.. Don't miss out

• culture
• photography
• documentaries
• festivals
• movies
• traveling
• magic
• music
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

We both love house music, funk and disco. Emily also dabbles in trashy reggae and dancehall (Alex disapproves).

Films: Lost in Translation, The Skin I Live In, Bullhead, Her, Grand Budapest Hotel, Broken Embraces, Encounters at the Ends of the Earth, Endless Summer

Books: Family Matters (Rohinton Mistry), Africa (Richard Dowden), The Kindness of Strangers (Kate Adie), Half of a Yellow Sun and Purple Hibiscus (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swimming off the coast of Sierra Leone in monsoon rains, magic mushrooms in the foothills of the Andes in Colombia, roasting marshmallows on a volcano in Guatemala

Teach, Learn, Share

English/photography/music sharing

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Australia, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Macedonia, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Palestine, Panama, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Spain, Tanzania, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Germany, Hungary, Sierra Leone, United Kingdom

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