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Overview

  • 5 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Spanish
  • 37, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • Events & Music
  • University
  • From London, United Kingdom
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To free myself from London life and travel the world!

ABOUT ME

Recently qualified primary school teacher taking a break from the real world for a year to travel with my French boyfriend.

He is a software engineer that designs technology and websites. He moved to the UK 2 years ago and learned very good English!

I love music; gigs, festivals, singing, chilling out with a cold beer and some chillout in the background, raving into the early hours to all kinds of crazy dance music, head banging to old skool rock, i love it alllll.

I also really love food. I notice it more now then ever, being around so much of the most amazing cuisine. But you know what I miss most from England. A really good bit of mature cheddar. and Roast dinners. and English breakfasts. Luckily I love to cook them, if I stay with you, expect a treat! mmmmmmm :D

PHILOSOPHY

Treat others how you want to be treated.

I'm not a religious person, but I love to talk about it. Personally I really like the idea of Karma and Re-birth, just trying to decide what to come back as in my next life...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm looking for free places to stay in times of need, sure. but this whole concept is really great because it allows you to make new friends all over the world, and get to know the place you're in from a local's perspective. Hopefully it will be much more than a couch...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I stayed with a lovely guy and his bengal cats in Australia, he was a great guy and was very welcoming and even showed us some of the sights.
I hosted an American guy for a week and luckily I was on half term, so was able to take him out a lot and be the ultimate tour guide! I hope :)

Interests

Festivals, reading, going out with friends, exploring, swimming, beaches, walking, climbing, sunday morning lie-ins, meeting new people, yummy food, hmm...i'll try anything once!

  • cats
  • singing
  • festivals
  • dancing
  • dining
  • cooking
  • beer
  • walking
  • technology
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • dance music
  • rock climbing
  • swimming
  • teaching
  • engineering
  • software
  • tourism
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The White Tiger, A Thousand Splendid Suns, Three Cups of Tea, The Alchemist, Shantaram

Music: Foo Fighters, Zero 7, Bonobo, Alice Russell, Stevie Wonder, High Contrast, Fink, anything you can chill out to, anything you can dance to!!!

Movies: Inglorious Bastards, Slumdog Millionaire (even tho i cry the whole way through), Batman Begins, Sex and the City, Disneys never get old!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbed to the top of a volcano at 2am in the morning for 3 hours to watch the sunrise over craters and smoking volcanoes. EPIC.

Teach, Learn, Share

would be happy to teach people English, or to sing, and always up for a chat if you want to get something off your chest :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, France, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United Kingdom

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