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Overview

  • 7 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk
  • 36, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • kindergarten teacher
  • Portland State University
  • From Bellingham, WA, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

making friends wherever i go! my travels will take me to Norway, Estonia, and Indonesia in summer 2016.

ABOUT ME

i keep busy by learning and working, keep entertained by dancing and laughing, keep sane by exercise and communication. i like to make new friends wherever i go-- from airplanes to the grocery store.

i'm teaching kindergarten in portland.

PHILOSOPHY

figure out what makes you smile and cry, and surround yourself with it or let it go, respectively.

il faut que tous les jours on fait qqc stupide! (pardon my french)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i have done a fair amount of surfing and it has always been a pleasure to host when i am able.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

i have spent my fair share of nights/weeks sleeping on the couches/floors of friends old and new, CSed in philly, minneapolis, france, morocco, prague, amsterdam, and hosted back home in bellingham, wa.

Interests

theatrics, novelty, good food, adventure, real talk.

Music, Movies, and Books

i often find myself reading novels about sexually confused young males. my favorite book of all time is "the good earth" and my favorite book i'm not finished with yet is "invisible man got the whole world watching"

i enjoy listening to hip hop, electronic, folk, bluegrass, and west african blues.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

sunrise swimming last stars in the sky pacific coast of nicaragua with a brand new friend

Teach, Learn, Share

i can make a mean pumpkin dish, roll out a pie crust, and.. I am learning norwegian! maybe i'll bring my puppet?

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, France, Germany, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States

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