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  • Fluent in English, German, Spanish; learning French
  • 54, Female
  • Member since 2013
  • Occupational therapist, currently working with people who...
  • BA Honours in Spanish and French (1994), Post grad Diplom...
  • From Born in Manchester in North England..still have family there!
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

meeting other people from different cultures and learning about their lives and cultures. Hopefully this will in turn lead to more peace and less war in the world....

ABOUT ME

Funny, friendly,, freckly, smiley, dizzy, sporty!!
I am English. I have a partner Antonio who is Spanish. And we have two children : Nina is 10years old and Niko is 11years old. We all leave in Switzerland in a small beautiful village called Weisslingen where we are very happy. I have met some wonderful friends here. the only sad bit: I dont get to see my friends and family in England as much as I would like.....

We also lived in Germany (both kids were born there)and in England. When I was a student I spent 6 months living in Zaragoza in Spain teaching english and haveing fun ,and 6months in Belfort in France....Those were the days!!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Used to do lots of voluntar

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have only just joined so can,t write much here yet. Will write more asap.Before I had kids though Antonio and I travelled with a similar organisation called sERVAS(although it was all less high tech then!) and stayed with people in Denmark and Japan. This was a fabulous experience hence why I was excited to discover Couchsurfing.

Interests

Learning about foreign cultures and learning languages, meeting peole from different walks of life and countries. Like to keep up with friends in all countries. Voluntary projects in the past in Romania (orphanage work) and Ghana (psychiatric hospital). Sport in order to stay chilled!(swimming, cycling, Insanity video!!)

  • technology
  • cycling
  • sports
  • swimming
  • languages

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Parachuting
Visiting villages in Romania, staying with people in Japan and Denmark.
Having my kids!

Teach, Learn, Share

I could teach somebody languages and swimming!

Countries I’ve Visited

Ghana, Italy, Romania

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

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