CURRENT MISSION

To enjoy life to the fullest, keep learning and discovering new places and things, meet interesting people

ABOUT ME

Variety is the spice of life. That could easily summarize what I believe in and what I like. I like to try new foods, sports, art media, meet new people to learn about new ideas and ways of thinking, traveling to make me question what I take for granted, how I think and how I act, drawing for meditation, ballroom dancing to laugh when I'm unexpectedly twirled or for its passion. I am part English, part French and part Indigenous so I can be quite detached at some times and passionately involved at others. I love cooking and meeting people from all walks of life. I am happily married to John.

PHILOSOPHY

I believe that I can make a difference, however small, in other people's lives. I think the whole point of living is to learn how to live together in harmony with each other and our environment in as happy a manner as possible.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I joined a few years ago and have hosted a few couch surfers. I've only surfed a couch myself once to go to the Fringe Festival inEdmonton buti would really like to go back to Italy and to lots of places in Asia.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hosted a few great couch surfers from Yemen, Austria, Sicily and Denmark. I went hiking and camping in BC with enrico, my latest visitor from Italy.

Interests

travel (should I even bother putting that on), movies, snorkeling, want to learn to sail, art (charcoal portraits), music (fledgling guitarist), triathlete whenever I can, meeting new people, potluck enthusiast, festival enthusiast especially the Fringe, making others laugh hopefully with me, finding beauty, finding excitement in life, learning always

• arts
• beauty
• festivals
• dancing
• ballroom dancing
• environment
• cooking
• potluck
• meditation
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• drawing
• music
• hiking
• camping
• snorkeling
• sailing
• sports
• communications

Music, Movies, and Books

I love comedies, musicals, artsy films (like Amelie), suspenses, science fiction (Dune), children's films (Harry Potter, Finding Nemo, etc), romances (Ever After). For music, I love oldies, jazz (not the kind where the musicians sound like they're going off on their own tangent), bossa nova, samba, vallenato, bachata, opera, French (Edith Piaf), South African (Ladysmith Black Mambazo), native flutes, etc...
For books, I love non-fiction (Infidel, the Book of Negroes, Water for Elephants), fiction and particularly historical novels, novels from Asia or Russia, science fiction, intelligent books (Shake Hands with the Devil, Tipping Point), etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Visited two Shipibo Indian villages 12 hours into the Peruvian jungle and got to talk to the communities and saw a grey dolphin in the Ucayali River on the way back to town

Teach, Learn, Share

When taking a cab in Dominican Republic, Peru or Bolivia, always have small change because they will not have any.
Keep a few bills in your pocket and a few in your purse (ontop of your pocket).
Bring a lock and lock your passport and extra money into your suitcase in your hotel. Keep your driver's license on you for ID. Don't carry your credit cards or debit cards routinely with you. Get cash from a machine and lock your cards in your suitcase.
If you stop a cab in Peru always bargain the price before you get in.
Bring a Nalgene bottle and Pristine (a type of chlorine) to treat your water. In a pinch, fill a recycled water bottle with tap water and put it in the sun for 6 hours if it´s sunny out.

Countries I’ve Visited

Aruba, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, China, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Honduras, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Gabon, Norway, Peru, United Kingdom

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