CURRENT MISSION

Visit every continent at least once. And to become fluent in a new language.

ABOUT ME

I never know what to say on these kinds of things so I'm just going to list random facts:
-I have an obsession with dancing that is kind of ridiculous. Dances that I know/ can teach: swing (east coast and lindy), blues, fusion, and a little salsa, but my one true love is Contra dance.
-My southern accent comes out at bizarre moments. So I'm just going to apologize ahead of time.
-I also feel like I need to apologize for all the random times I will burst into song. Sometimes I just like to pretend that my life is a musical. Feel free to contact me if you want to arrange a spontaneous sing and dance number.
-I love random facts. Please feed me random facts.
-I also love traveling. I need to go everywhere and see everything. Leave no stone unturned, all that jazz.

And... sometimes I talk too much. So I'm just going to cut it off there :)

PHILOSOPHY

as cheesy as it sounds: Live, laugh, and love. Living in the moment and being willing to experience and appreciate surroundings for what they are. Laughing at myself for all of the stupid things I say and do but also laughing with the joy that resides in every life experience. And Loving everyone. That one's pretty self explanatory. I try my best to make these my guiding words :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Meet ups, for the most part! I loved hanging out with the group in Grenoble, and I went to a meet up in Prague as well.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far just meeting the amazing people in the Grenoble couch surfing group and a couple in Prague :)

Interests

Ah well, this is probably where I should have put all the stuff I listed in the about me section... here goes again:
dance, chemistry, music, singing, baking, traveling, art history, being wacky, chatting about anything, etc.

• arts
• singing
• dancing
• cheese
• baking
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• blues
• surfing
• art history
• chemistry
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Obsessed obsessed with Mumford &Sons, but I pretty much listen to anything. Other favorites include: Avett Brothers, Broadway soundtracks, Coldplay, The Beatles, Sugarland, Snow Patrol, Barenaked Ladies, any kind of 90s alternative one hit wonders (you know, every song that had a harmonica instrumental break)
Movies: Dead Poets Society, Silver Linings Playbook, The Three Idiots, The Dark Knight, Little Miss Sunshine, Life is Beautiful, Spirited Away
Books: Right now I'm obsessed with the Game of Thrones series. Please feel free to talk with me about Game of Thrones ad Naseum.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

White water rafting down the Zambezi river in Zambia was probably the most incredible thing I have ever done.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to east coast swing, blues, or contra dance. Actually, please let me teach you how to contra dance. I'm a contra dance caller in training, and teaching people how to contra dance is a skill that I need to work on. So you would be teaching me too, in a sense.
or
I can teach you some Chemistry based pick up lines :)
or
I can teach you how to bake the best cake in the world: Almond Cream Cheese Pound cake
or
I can share with you my awesome fusion/alt blues music collection. I'm also a blues/fusion dance DJ in training in the Philadelphia area :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Botswana, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Mozambique, Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, South Africa, United States