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Newtown, Connecticut, United States
@MEGHAN-BARBOUR
Member since 2010
CURRENT MISSION Travel the world, one country at a time! ABOUT ME I am currently employeed full time at the largest hedge fund in the world in Southern Connecticut, and attend graduate school part time. Originially from Connecticut, I attended school at Marist College, a small liberal arts school in New York and graduated with a Bachlor of Arts in Communications/Public Relations and Global Studies. I love being active, meeting new people, trying new teas, running, practiciing yoga, being inspired, reading incredible books, riding my Vespa, and horseback riding : ) PHILOSOPHY Happiness is the ultimate goal worth striving for in life
Interested in Art
Interested in Books & Literature
Fluent in English
Learning Czech
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I am always up for grabbing coffee and meeting new people COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE Hosted an Italian and Polish couple at my flat in Prague, and couchsurfed in Amsterdam.
Music, Movies, and Books
Films: Un long dimanche de fiançailles, Vicky Christina Barcelona, Chocolat, Big Fish, Lords of Dogtown, Andre, Love Actually, Peter Pan. Birds Orphans and Fools Music: The Beatles, John Mayer, Ludwig van Beethoven, Tribalistas Books: The Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Flies, Carnage and Culture, Guns, Germs, and Steel, The Bell Jar, The Things They Carried, The Last Summer of You and Me, Dear John, Tuesdays with Morrie, Skinny Bitch, The Faith of a Writer, Romeo and Juliet, The Memory Keepers Daughter, Into the Wild, The Godfather, Arabian Nights and Days, Water for Elephants
My Interests
Cultures, people watching, geography, interpersonal communication, language, literature, reading people, relationships, proxemics, belly dancing, Easter Island, international film, carnies, astronomy, tasting new teas, feminism, health and nutrition, law, success, cars, and gender equality
