Hi !
My name is Jenny and I live in Toronto(North York), ON, Canada.
I am a University of Toronto alumna with a Bachelor in Cognitive Science.

Always pondering my next travel destination :)
What book to read next and what movie to watch.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Silly me joined couchsurfing as part of a homework assignment for my database course at UofT (we had to design a database that would resemble this website).

I stayed because I am actually interested in the culture and I like the open minded concept of meeting people through hangouts, opening up your home or visiting someone else in their home and meeting new friends that way.

I've hosted people before - just not through Coachsurfing so I know it can be a really rewarding experience both for the host and the guest. A great way to meet new friends!

Interests

hiking - parks, nature walks, botanical gardens, camping
art - galleries, museums, festivals
reading
dancing
beaches - who doesn't love beaches? :)
I love animals - all of them :)
Anime

• arts
• swing dancing
• yoga
• meditation
• reading
• traveling
• hiking
• tennis
• history
• nature
• cultures
• veganism

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
*Reading now: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari*

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy by Douglas Adams
Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
A brief history of time by Stephen Hawking and Vladimir Karas
1984

Movies:
Blade Runner
Ender's Game
ET
Cloud Atlas
Her
Tank Girl (1995)
Foxy Brown (1974)
HitchHiker's guide to the galaxy
Only lovers left alive
The Fifth Element
Labyrinth
All of studio Ghibli's Animes

Music:
a bit of every genre

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I fostered four young kittens (Picture of Carlin and I, one of the litter, is in this profile)
It was hard work and an extremely rewarding experience

Teach, Learn, Share

Russian?
Hebrew?
Food and Booze?
Good laughs? Fun times?

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories about me, and my experiences in the world for 33 trips around the sun so far.
Food and booze :)
and my home when you're in Toronto

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, Germany, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Israel, Latvia, Russian Federation, Ukraine