CURRENT MISSION

Exploring DC

PHILOSOPHY

Slow down you crazy child
You're so ambitious for a juvenile
Slow down, you're doing fine
You can't be everything you want to be before your time.
When will you realize
Vienna waits for you

-Billy Joel

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

After informally couchsurfing for awhile, decided to officially try out the site after talking to a couple friends about how great it was. Ended up writing my final term paper in college about it.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Istanbul group meetings/parties, Aegean coast roadtrip, Australia backpacking, Boston meet-ups

Interests

I love being outdoors and if I could, would travel everywhere by foot. As a sociology nerd, my favorite part of traveling is getting to talk to people about different cultures. When I get bored, I like to make stuff (purses, jewelry, etc). My mom's a musician, so music is in my blood and something that I hold near and dear to my heart.

• writing
• traveling
• music
• outdoor activities
• backpacking
• skydiving
• sociology
• language exchange

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: 500 Days of Summer, Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Music: Billy Joel, Simon & Garfunkel, The Shins, KT Tunstall, Fleet Foxes, Mumford & Sons, Norah Jones, MGMT, Passion Pit, Stars, Temper Trap, Freelance Whales, The Flaming Lips, Broadway musicals

Books: Anything by David Sedaris, Jane Austen, or John Steinbeck. Phantom of the Opera. Harry Potter. Whatever pop sociology book is new.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Decided to go skydiving instead of study for my final exams. Good decision.

Teach, Learn, Share

Always down for a language exchange. I can also show you how to make a cake in a microwave using just cake mix and a Diet Coke (aka college life in a nutshell).

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Morocco, Philippines, Romania, Rwanda, Slovakia, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Turkey, United States