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Overview

  • 6 references
  • Fluent in English, Portuguese; learning Spanish
  • 39, Female
  • Member since 2014
  • landscape designer/wanderluster
  • masters in landscape design from Colombia University in NYC
  • From New York, NY, USA
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About Me

I just recently quit my job in landscape design to travel the world! Its been a long overdue trip, one that i've been wanting to do for many years and im thrilled to finally have the opportunity to do so. Although I grew up in NYC, my parents are actually from Romania and Curaçao.

Hace poco dejé mi trabajo en el diseño del paisaje de viajar por el mundo! Ha sido un viaje largo atraso , uno que he estado queriendo hacer desde hace muchos años y estoy emocionada de finalmente tener la oportunidad de hacerlo. Aunque crecí en Nueva York , mis padres son en realidad de Rumania y Curazao.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have met so many people so far in my travels who rave about couchsurfing, and I'm quite excited to try it out. Although i appreciate hostels , my style of traveling is really about connecting with locals and getting to see a place through their eyes. Couchsurfing seems like a great way to do so!

He conocido a muchas personas hasta ahora en mis viajes que hablar maravillas de couchsurfing , y estoy muy emocionada de probarlo. Aunque aprecio albergues , mi estilo de viajar es realmente acerca de la conexión entre los lugareños y llegar a ver a través de sus ojos . Couchsurfing parece una buena manera de hacerlo!

Interests

I love to dance, i love music, i love nature, and i love cities! Ive recently realized that although i obviously enjoy learning about new places and seeing new things, the real highlight of traveling for me is meeting new people.

Me encanta bailar , me encanta la música, amo la naturaleza , y amo ciudades ! Me he dado cuenta recientemente que aunque yo obviamente disfruto aprendiendo sobre los nuevos lugares y ver cosas nuevas , la verdadera atracción de viajar para mí es conocer gente nueva.

  • design
  • dancing
  • traveling
  • music
  • scuba diving

Music, Movies, and Books

Music is such a hard one - I love so much stuff. I listen to a ton of brazilian and latin music like Jorge Ben, Juan Luis Guerra, Manu Chao, Criolo... I have a huge soft stop for reggae like Collie Buddz, Fat Freddy's Drop...

I'm pretty obsessed with Chet Faker and Flume at the moment... Glass Animals make me happy, Jamie XX as well, Kimbra, Milky Chance, Mumford and Sons,... you get the idea, i love music.

I love documentaries - Vice is such a cool channel and I shamelessly love nature documentaries as well.

Just finished reading Shantaram and loved it, and i have The Book of Laughter and Forgetting next on my list.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I just recently got my Scuba PADI certification which is a HUGE accomplishment for me - its been a fear of mine for as long as i can remember, and i had the opportunity to finally do so in San Andres, Colombia. Being underwater and getting to look up at the sun shining through was one of the coolest moments ive had in a while!

Hace poco recibí mi certificación PADI Scuba que es un logro enorme para mí - que ha sido un temor mío por tanto tiempo como puedo recordar , y tuve la oportunidad de finalmente hacerlo en San Andrés, Colombia . Estar bajo el agua y conseguir que mirar hacia el sol brillando a través de uno de los mejores momentos que he tenido en mucho tiempo !

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Curaçao, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, United States

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