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Overview

  • 7 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning German
  • 35, Female
  • Member since 2013
  • Operations Freelancer
  • Philosophy Major
  • From Saint Paul, MN, USA
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About Me

I'm here to explore, relate, and understand.

This comic sums me up pretty well: http://zenpencils.com/comic/102-timothy-leary-you-arent-like-them/

Conversation is the most important thing to me. I'll talk about everything and anything. Politics, philosophy, science....but most of all I love to joke and laugh 🤘

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet new and interesting people and learn more about eachother, and the world.

To those who will listen, without taking offense: Couchsurfing is not a dating app for me - I have a boyfriend who I love :) For me, this is a place to exchange ideas, and culture.

Interests

Trying anything new! Conversation, good wine, music (either listening, discovering or playing), hiking, game nights (settlers of catan anyone?), yoga, reading, Spanish, documentaries.

  • documentaries
  • wine
  • reading
  • socializing
  • music
  • piano
  • cycling
  • hiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Salt of the Earth
Good Will Hunting
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Music (only a few of many):
Radiohead
Junip
Nick Drake
Lianne Las Havas

Books:
The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera
anything by David Sedaris
Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut
Blindness, José Saramago
The Doors of Perception, Aldous Huxley
The Elegant Universe, Brian Greene

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ask me about Silver Dollar lake and the long dark train tunnel in Cinque Terre.

Teach, Learn, Share

I could teach someone how to play piano, guitar, or practice yoga :) Happy to practice English if you help me practice Spanish!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Conversation, and good wine :) I'll let you play my guitar! I'd be happy to help clean your place and wash the dishes!

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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