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Overview

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  • Fluent in English; learning Irish, Spanish
  • 36, Female
  • Member since 2014
  • Geologist, rock licking at its best :)
  • Honours bachelor degree in Earth Science from UCC
  • From Tipperary, Ireland
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To chat my way around the globe :)

ABOUT ME

Carefree and loving life.
I'm an Irish lass with a gift for the gab, making my way around the globe :)
I travelled around Europe after University and caught the bug, so at the end of that summer (2010) I packed my bags and headed down under from Ireland to Australia (Straya mate).
That was 4years ago and instead of moving on I fell in love with Aus and decided to stay a bit longer.
I'm off again though and keen for some adventure.
So I'm off to Central and South America before heading back to my homeland, and onto Europe for some more adventures.
I LOVE to fish and hike
I also love meeting people, I am a collector or people and experiences, I also love horse riding and yoga, unfortunately not very good at either of these yet but I'm getting there :)

PHILOSOPHY

"Life is like a box of chocolates" and all that, if thats the case I had best try the whole box to see which one I like the best.
I reckon the secret to life is finding out which chocolate is my kind of chocolate :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am a novice I have to stay but keen to change this because I have heard such good things from friends about CS.

Interests

travelling the world, rocks, books in general, hiking, meditation, yoga, fishing, movies, watching surfing/bodyboarding, going to footie games, people and their stories, life in general :)
Learning new things!
I also like squatting and deadlifts (you'll have to ask me about this one cause its hard to explain and probably sounds wierd haha), definitely not a gym bunny or skinny mini, if that helps but I do like to work out quite frequently and stay fit and I quite like to talk about health and fitness cause it's such bro science and I like to hear peoples positive stories of success and such :)

  • fish
  • books
  • chocolate
  • fitness
  • yoga
  • working out
  • meditation
  • boating
  • movies
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • fishing
  • hiking
  • surfing
  • boxing
  • geology
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

I love non-fiction, which is different from my normal MO.
I am a rock nerd so I will read anything on the topic.
Favourite actors are, Ed Norton, Matthew Mcconaughey, Brad Pit and Ben Affleck, just because I think they are very talented guys.
Big Game of Thrones fan, love the books, love the detail of the series.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

There are quite a few but waking up on the a boat on the great barrier reef at sunrise and going fishing, is pretty dam special.

Teach, Learn, Share

I don't mind cleaning, it relaxes me, if that makes me wierd well then, thats how it is :)
I also lick rocks for a living so feel free to pick my brains on some Geology and I'll do my best to divulge the information buried in my brain somewhere...
I am keen to learn yoga and get stronger and leaner, so if you have this skill, we will be friends (currently I have the upper body strength of a 10yr old so this is starting to improve).

What I Can Share with Hosts

The Irish charm ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Panama, Scotland, Serbia, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Ireland, Scotland

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