CURRENT MISSION

observe, think, communicate on a basic level and remember that we are all human!

ABOUT ME

I am from beautiful Portland Oregon. I love traveling and talking and eating and reading and running and camping and laughing and dancing and road trips and playing games in foreign cities.
I'm back home in Portland these days, working at a restaurant, spending time with family and friends, reading, hiking, and figuring out what to do next.

PHILOSOPHY

Being. Human.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I first started surfing, and since then it has been a wonderful adventure of hosting, surfing, meeting for coffee, meeting wonderful people-the more I participate with CS, the more I love it.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have couchsurfed during many different travels, and it has made my trip so much more than I had imagined. In a world full of negativity, couchsurfing is something good and pure and wonderful, it restores faith in humanity! gracias por todo!

Interests

learning languages! aprender idiomas! cooking, reading, talking talking talking, listening listening listening, walking without a destination, looking out of windows, reading, drinking maté, studying Chinese, finding new interests!

• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• coffee
• running
• walking
• drinking
• reading
• traveling
• hiking
• camping
• surfing
• languages
• road trips

Music, Movies, and Books

Reading is one of my favorite things. I love so many books: The Hummingbirds Daughter, Anna Karenina, Where'd You Go, Bernadette?, Emma, Gone with the Wind, Love in the Time of Cholera, Elizabeth Bishop's poems, Wind-Up Bird Chronicles, Riding the Iron Rooster, Wild, Blood, Bones & Butter, trashy British novels, Sophie's World, On the Road, Gabriela, Clove & Cinnamon, Golden Compass, Subtle Knife, Amber Spyglass, The Chef, River Town, The Red Tent, Wicked, Prodigal Summer, Ahab's Wife, Consider the Fork, Harry Potter, thousands more....
I like all music except Linkin Park.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Each and every sunrise and sunset I have seen in a different place has impacted me in a different way

Teach, Learn, Share

My father is a chef, so I can teach many different kinds of cooking-USA food, Paraguayan food, Italian, and now some Chinese!
I speak Spanish and some Chinese and teach English, so we can practice languages!

Countries I’ve Visited

Bolivia, Canada, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Monaco, Spain, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, China, Guatemala, Italy, Paraguay, United States

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