CURRENT MISSION

Promote the notion (and living proof) that you can be fat and fit and feisty and fun and over fity.

ABOUT ME

After 8 years in Wisconsin, have recently moved back to New Zealand as my yankee husband got a good job in Christchurch. Despite the shakes and the aftermath of the earthquake, its good to be back.

PHILOSOPHY

Have an open mind but not so open your brains fall out. Don't know who said that first but I like it. Interested in quick witted, zany unconventional people basically my alter egos. Like to talk to people on whole range of topics and have opinions on lots of things I know nothing about!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Occasionally offer a bed. Not all the time.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have often had hitchhikers stay over in NZ and helped out hikers with a base to leave their non hiking stuff while heading off into mountain and pick them up and drop off etc.

Interests

Horses, dogs, hiking, indian food (anything spicy), genealogy. Moderate greenie and have only worked at conservation related non-profit organizations in the States.

• dogs
• horses
• writing
• dining
• indian food
• walking
• hiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Romauld & Juliet, Kolya,anything foreign really. Music Jayhawks, Beth Orton, Jimmy Nail, Dave Dobbyn, and Puccini. Confused? Books: William Horwood, Neal Stephenson and non-fiction and satire.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

7 day horse trek in the high sierras of Spain; 3 months doing charades in a job in Macau 'cos I couldn't speak Cantonese or Mandarin; 2 weeks walking Crete,

What I Can Share with Hosts

Local knowledge.

Countries I’ve Visited

Afghanistan, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Italy, Montenegro, Nepal, Norway, Pakistan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States

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