woman, twenty nine, Lithuanian, adrift, former compliance specialist, wanderlust queen, introverted extrovert, occasional smoker, Gogol Bordello fan, a little bit OCD, active Couchsurfing user, MA in Asian Studies, pro-LGBT, cat person, social drinker, short, commuter cyclist, Aries, fluent English speaker, beer lover, stubborn, road movies fan, not a sweet tooth, poor Hindi speaker, Tom Waits fan, quite lucky at scratch-offs, Kendriya Hindi Sansthan in Agra, India graduate, makes killer chocolate brownie muffins, reserved, interested in genealogy, coffee drinker.

Oh, and I'm about to embark on my Canadian adventure come May 15th. Yay Working Holiday visa!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like meeting new people from different countries, hosting them or being hosted when I'm travelling, sharing a meal/drink/story, taking a local's path through a strange city or exploring my own town as a tourist.

Due to my current living arrangements I'm not able to host at the time, but I had opened my home to many wonderful people back in 2012-20013. I have also been hosted by an even bigger number of people many of whom remained good friends, time gone by and distance notwithstaning.

My biggest input into Couchsurfing is organizing CS vilnius Weekly Meetings, so if you're here on a Friday night make sure to drop by!

Interests

Theatre, travelling, literature, music, nature, history, feminism, European cinema, human rights, gender studies (and social studies in general), Indian culture, etc.

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Everything is Illuminated, Wristcutters: A Love Story, Arizona Dream, Trainspotting, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Black Cat White Cat, Frida, Almost Famous, Boat That Rocked, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Virgin Suicides, Easy Rider, anything by Tim Burton.

Music: Tom Waits, Gogol Bordello, Goran Bregovich, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, obscure bands of 60s and 70s, The Beatles, Guano Apes, Manu Chao, Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra, Franz Ferdinand, Kasabian, My Morning Jacket, Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Noir Desir and so many more.

Books: House of Spirits, Rum Diary, Midnight's Children, Namesake, Lowland, ASOIAF series, Harry Potter series and so on.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

For the life of me I cannot remember any grand or life-changing experiences. It's the little things that count: sunrise in the desert near Jaisalmer in India, Christmas-y Lithuanian song playing on my friend's laptop on the 27th on December whilst waking up in the beach hut in Goa, drinking sangria outside during a summer rain and not giving a damn.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you some Lithuanian or about Lithuania in general. I can share travel stories from India which still is by far the longest travel I have been on (lived there for eight months, travelled for the better part of my stay there). I want to learn all about the country, its culture and people that I am visiting or hosting.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, India, Lithuania

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