Why I’m on Couchsurfing

As a newbie to the travel life in 2013 who had grown up with a good 'ol American sense of ¨stranger danger¨, I prefered hostels and b&bs in my past adventures.

But in the summer of 2014 I found myself between a rock and a hard place when I moved to my new city, and a perfect stranger took me into his home for 6 whole days. Now we're friends and I'm forever grateful to the couchsurfing system.

Interests

• coffee
• running
• hiking
• teaching
• beaches
• mountains
• nature
• tea
• biking
• tapas
• kpop
• healthy food
• satire
• sunshine
• korean food
• lifting
• spanish
• drag queens
• trying new things
• anything outdoors
• rupaul's drag race
• bow and polka dots
• the girly things in life

Music, Movies, and Books

BOOKS: 100 Years of Solitude, The Great Gatsby, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, I am Malala, Bossypants, The Art of Racing in the Rain, A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Bell Jar, The Psychopath Test, Maria Semple novels, Aimee Bender stories,

PODCASTS: Literally everything NPR and RadioLab

TV: Master of None, John Oliver, Arrested Development, Ru Paul's Drag Race, An Idiot Abroad, 30 Rock, The Office, Parks and Rec, How I Met Your Mother

MUSIC: almost anything

MOVIES: over-the-top musicals, subtle indie flicks, and nostalgic romcoms

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've done too many amazing things to list just one.

-Witnessing aurora borealis in Iceland
-Full Moon Party on Koh Phangan, Thailand
-Driving through Paris on a vespa
-Hiking through rice paddies in the mountains of Sapa, Vietnam
-learning to cook tortilla de patata with my adopted Spanish family
-Celebrating St. Paddy's Day in Dublin
-Circumnavigating Jeju Island by bike in 2.5 days
-Parasailing and snorkeling in the Florida Keys

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Slovenia, South Korea, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Korea, Spain, United States