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Overview

  • 10 references 9 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Arabic (Egypt), French, Spanish
  • 35, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • Government of Ontario
  • BA Sociology
  • From Canada
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Live simply, love loudly, be free

ABOUT ME

I measure my journeys in friends, not distance :)

I'm a girl with a sunny disposition. My whole life is an adventure & an exercise in generosity. My experiences hosting couchsurfers have profoundly changed my life, and I'm now looking forward to surfing other people's couches & making more new friends!

I'm really easy to get along with & try to be a very good listener. I'm super positive & try to approach everything with compassion & non-judgement. I like hearing other people's stories, opinions & ideas. I think people in general are amazing & there's always something to love within each of us, you don't even have to look very hard. I enjoy a nice cup of tea or a good glass (or bottle) of wine & good conversation :)

PHILOSOPHY

A good traveller has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Offering up my couch! And spreading the word :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Right after I joined CS I got way more requests than I'd expected. Only a couple of days later, I hosted my first couchsurfers. I had a house FULL of people, there were 5 surfers in total, and it was a blast. I decided I wanted to host as many people as possible!! New people, new perspectives, new experiences. It's all good. Since then I've had some hilarious, ridiculous & heartwarming experiences with all the people I've met through CS & look forward to many more! It amazes me that I went through life before NOT hosting couchsurfers, and therefore not experiencing all the great things each of these individuals has brought into my life.

Interests

going for walks, smelling flowers, dancing, cooking, yoga, tea-drinking, wine-drinking, reading, researching on the internet, nutrition, playing board games, cats, riding bikes, patio-sitting, natural medicine, sociology, eastern philosophy, baking, astrology, sleepovers, hugs, really good conversation, bonfires, music, lakes, meditation, geocaching, looking at the stars, crocheting. Probably should've started with what I'm NOT interested in..

  • cats
  • dancing
  • human rights
  • cooking
  • wine
  • baking
  • exercise
  • yoga
  • meditation
  • drinking
  • flowers
  • board games
  • reading
  • music
  • surfing
  • medicine
  • sociology
  • lakes

Music, Movies, and Books

I really like listening to & can appreciate just about anything! I like movies and love the library.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've jumped off a bridge.

Teach, Learn, Share

Stories, music, language, skills, ideas, jokes. My passion is sociology, human rights and social justice. I also have an affinity for natural health and holistic healing. So if you ask me a question, I can go on at great lengths ;) I just want to learn everything I can! And help others in any way I can.

Countries I’ve Visited

Egypt, France, India, Italy, Jamaica, Netherlands, Spain, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Egypt

Old School Badges

  • 2 Vouches
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