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Overview

  • 4 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Italian, Spanish
  • 43, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • get things done(most of the time)
  • Knowledge is my friend..we go way back.
  • From Seattle, Washington USA
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

to do what I do, always with a smile of course.

ABOUT ME

I love good food, good booze and good people..I don't think you need anything else in life(except for a good place to sleep). I like to people watch and narrate what they are thinking or doing.(Super ridiculous) I also love awkward situations...I find them hilarous. The more awkward,the better!

PHILOSOPHY

Bread is delicious.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have been both host and hosted and can't decide which I like more. I really enjoy showing people around my city, especially because this city is so amazing when you know where to go.(as are most places) As far as staying on couches, I haven't done it as much as I would like. It is a great feeling to travel somewhere and know that you are about to meet people that love their city and want to share it with you.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have had many a person from many a different place stay on my couches. I say couches since I have lived in a few different places and each time have had people come stay. It's always fun to rediscover your city through the eyes of a visitor.

Interests

Traveling wherever, whenever
Eating(I get cranky if I have to eat just to feed myself. I like to savor the flavor)
Socializing(I adore dinner parties, combining two of my favorite things)
Reading until my eyes bleed!
writing(trying to write a book,not so sucessfully)
Foreign languages
totally nerdy, but I love vocabulary, especially onomatopoeias(words that sound like their meanings)

  • writing
  • books
  • dining
  • partying
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

I like french films..English books and all good music.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seeing the Aaahh..I get it face of my ESL students after struggling for thirty, sweat infused minutes to get my lesson across. Learning is what life is about.

Teach, Learn, Share

I like to share candy with strangers and see if they take it. (I love candy and I usually always have some on me) I think we are so programmed to not take things from strangers that it is great to see people go against their instinct to say no and just take the yummy candy.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Morocco, Nicaragua, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, India, Italy, Spain, United States

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