ABOUT ME

Hello! I'm Gaia and I'm 23 years old (: Right now I live in Galway where I am studying for my masters in translation. I would love to translate films and TV shows for a living one day.
I love to travel. I've been dreaming of living in Ireland since I was 15 years old. Well, now I am! (:
I love music, I sing and I played the saxophone for 12 years. Now, living abroad, it's hard to bring it with me!
I also love languages, and English in particular. That's why I decided to go and study translation: now I'm always in contact with a bunch of different languages and that's amazing, I feel so so lucky studying all these different cultures.
I am a very open person and I love to meet new people, especially those who have a story to tell. So, if you're in Galway for a day or two, contact me! (:
I would love to go and visit as many countries as I can, getting to know different cultures and different people, trying to understand other's point of view. I love to wonder about, I have friends all over Italy that I met at various concerts that I've been to, and every time I can I pack my bags and I go visit them, discovering all the cities I end up in.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

My sister Alice introduced me to Couchsurfing, and I thought that it was a great opportunity to meet new people and get to know as many people as possible, while visiting foreign cities. I just hope people will give me this amazing opportunity.

Interests

I love music, every free moment I have I'm either singing or listening to music. Music calms me and completes me. I would not be the person I am now without the music I listened to through the years and without the concerts I've been to, where I met a lot of people that now I am fortunate enough to call friends.
I also love books, even if I'm very meticulous and I find it hard to find a book I really love. However, I'm always open to suggestions ;)
I love to travel, even if I didn't have a lot of chances to do so. I've been to India with my sister in August 2014 for three weeks and it was an overwhelming experience: after the first days I adjusted just fine and I got the rare opportunity to get to know a completely different world, culture and philosophy at 18 years old.

• culture
• books
• singing
• concerts
• traveling
• music
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

I love fantasy, my favourite movie is The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, while my favourite tv show is Doctor Who.
I also really love music and I go to a lot of concerts. My favourite band is Muse, but I also listen to, for example, Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, Temples, Placebo, Paolo Nutini, Kasabian, Mumford & Sons and a lot of Irish music, such as Dubliners, Chieftains or Pogues.
I also love music from the sixties or so, such as Jethro Tull, The Doors, Genesis, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Who, etc.
Lately I have been listening to some more folky acoustic music, go on to Spotify to know what I mean! I have a 10hrs Playlist called depressed indie/folk :P

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My first real life dream was to go and live in Ireland, and now, 8 years later, here I am!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you the basics of singing or, if I have a guitar, we can paly and sing together (:

I am not very good at coking, but I know the basics and I can teach you how to make risotto, lasagne and my favourite pasta!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook for you!
I can sing for you or, if you lend me an ukulele or a guitar, play some songs. Music brings people together, when I sing with someone, I'm the happiest person alive!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Croatia, England, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Ireland, Italy