CURRENT MISSION

I want to experience the world in every which way possible. I want to visit places that I have never been before, meeting people that I would not have been able to meet otherwise, and immerse myself in the cultures of the different places I visit.

ABOUT ME

Oh boy, I'm not really good at talking about myself but here goes nothing...I am a senior at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota USA. I love what I do. I am majoring in Cinema and Media Studies with a concentration in the French language and hope to move to France to pursue a career in photography. I love travelling. I have studied abroad twice in the time that I have been at school and although it was hard living on a student budget, I managed nonetheless. After going to school in the middle of nowhere I am ready to be back in a city where I belong. I miss New York more than anything while at school (especially New York bagels and pizza!) I am an outgoing individual that loves to be around people. By the end of my life I want to know at least 6 languages.

PHILOSOPHY

Life has its ups and downs. When things aren't going my way, when I don't have a pot to piss in, I know that no matter what, things fall into place. I keep telling myself this, and thankfully I have been okay until now. You have to enjoy and live life to its fullest, no one else is going to do it for you. Be open minded, agree to disagree, and take the time to get to know people.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Personally, I have never couchsurfed before. I have stayed at a couple of people's apartments while abroad but I knew them through friends so it wasn't really quite the authentic couchsurfing experience. A really good friend of mine couchsurfed quite a bit when she was studying abroad in Denmark and told me that she had an awesome time with the people that she was staying with.

Interests

Photography
Swimming
Volleyball
Playing the violin
Cooking
Reading
People watching
Meeting new people
Reading
Hanging out with people that matter to me

• photography
• dancing
• cooking
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• violin
• volleyball
• swimming
• communications
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies (directors and films)
Godard
Almodóvar
Iñárritu
Ghost
Spirited Away
Requiem for a Dream
Chinatown
L'homme de ma Vie
Séraphine
La Faute à Fidel
Un Secret
Transiberia
Plata Quemada
Swimming Upstream

Music
Explosions in the Sky
Metric
Santogold
Florence and the Machine
Tune-Yards
Yeasayer
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The XX
Justice
Birdy Nam Nam
Lykke Li
Robyn
Cold War Kids...to name a few

Books
Perks of Being a Wall Flower
The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay
Life of Pi
Virgin Suicides
Middlesex...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Attending distortion in Copenhagen. It is quite possibly the craziest most amazing experience I have ever had. It wasn't just about getting drunk and dancing. It was being immersed in a sea of people you did not know and letting go for a couple of hours in the streets of Copenhagen.

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States