CURRENT MISSION

improve my bike riding skills

ABOUT ME

My friends describe me as a repressed 1950s housewife which I put down to my liking for gin, baking, red lipstick and good crockery. Not sure how to feel about this description but I'll take it.

I'm a student with a year left of a French and International Relations degree trying to figure out what on earth to do with my life post university having just finished an excellent year spent studying in Montreal. For now I'm happy backpacking around and volunteering at film festivals.

PHILOSOPHY

How strange it is to be anything at all.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Currently enjoying travelling and couch surfing around meeting some of the most interesting & lovely people on the planet

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've hosted before and have couch surfed while travelling round Canada but am still a relative newbie to this fantastic little website and community

Interests

Live music, tea, creative vegetarian / vegan food, photography, human rights, nonprofit orgs and international development, ice cream, making bonfires on the beach, good beer, contemporary art, quoting Flight of the Conchords, watching nature documentaries, getting overly excited about camping equipment, playing Settlers of Catan

• birds
• arts
• contemporary art
• photography
• documentaries
• festivals
• film festivals
• human rights
• dining
• beer
• baking
• vegetarian
• vegan
• reading
• traveling
• music
• live music
• guitar
• cycling
• backpacking
• camping
• surfing
• international relations
• volunteering
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

My geeky side is evident in my addiction to superhero films and fantasy / sci-fi. Otherwise I can be found watching weird B movies (Cannibal Girls is a classic), The Royal Tenenbaums, Tokyo Story, Some Like it Hot, Heathers, Double Indemnity, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Big Lebowski, Kes, and (I'm convinced it's one of the classics of our age) Step Up 2: The Streets.

Music: The National, Neutral Milk Hotel, Fugazi, Kathleen Hanna, Radiohead, The Band, Ella Fitzgerald, Dusty Springfield, Allo Darlin, Elliot Smith, Galaxie 500, Billy Bragg, Beck, Air and all things Elvis.

Books: Slaughterhouse 5, The Photographer, anything by Adrian Tomine, kids books by Anthony Browne

Teach, Learn, Share

I play saxophone and guitar so if you're interested in learning either of those or picking up some general music skills (e.g reading music) I can definitely help you out! I also know a surprising amount about birds of prey of you're into that.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, United Kingdom