Hi! My name is Isabella, I'm an American woman from Ohio. I enjoy art, literature, music, photography, fashion, cuisine, design and learning. I love meeting new people and exchanging ideas because my attitude is that you can learn something new from anyone. I've only ever traveled in Asia, as I have family in that region, and now I'm interested in exploring Europe. I've recently found myself drawn to the gothic community, and I would love to connect with others in that community whether it be in Ohio, Germany, Mexico, Japan, etc.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm trying to plan a trip to Europe next year, and I would enjoy staying with locals rather than at hotels that way I can A) meet cool people, B) immerse myself in the true culture, C) avoid tourist traps, and D) make friends.

Germany and Italy are at the top of my list, but I'm also really interested in Amsterdam, the UK, Scandinavia Eastern Europe, the Balkan States, and Russia.

While in Europe I would like to check out landmarks, museums, the art scene, concerts, bars/nightlife, etc.

Interests

• interior design
• fashion
• concerts
• reading
• music
• history
• travel
• art
• food
• museum
• cuisine
• learning
• live shows
• live concerts
• gothic music
• gothic
• new wave music
• new wave
• goth
• dark comedy
• classical art
• postpunk
• architecure
• post punk
• gothic literature

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: 80s, new wave, post punk, deathrock, industrial, EBM, aggrotech, darkwave, coldwave, neue deutsche härte, gothic rock, shoegaze, dreampop, metal, rap/hip hop, trip hop. Bands: Molchat Doma, My Bloody Valentine, Joy Division, The Smiths, The Cure, Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees, She Past Away, Drab Majesty, Var, Clan of Zymox, Keluar, Black Marble, Shiny Toy Guns, Sneaker Pimps, Kontravoid, Cold Cave, Bjork, etc.

Movies: horror, surrealism, drama, dark comedy.

Books: mostly Gothic Literature. Oscar Wilde, Sylvia Plath, Anais Nin, Virginia Woolf, Mary Shelley, Lord Byron, Anne Rice, Baudelaire, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

For college I hopped on a plane and moved to a large city where I didn't know a soul!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Music, books, food, ideas

Countries I’ve Visited

Indonesia, Japan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Indonesia, United States