Hello!
I'm Monique from Melbourne and I love to travel! I spent 12 months off work travelling a couple of years ago and I find that the people you meet along the way make the trip :) So I'm pretty keen to try out couchsurfing for a more local experience and get to know people from the places I travel to. My next trip is Croatia, Iceland and the UK in September. I love food and wine, play basketball, dabble in a bit of yoga and meditation and love to scuba dive! I've done a lot of travel over the years (probably where most of my savings go!) and I love meeting new people from new places and getting to know a culture. I have tried learning a few languages - French, Italian, Spanish but I'd have to say I'm regrettably hopeless as I never keep up the practice (I'll pretend living in Australia miles away from everywhere else is an excuse). I wish I could be as fluent in languages as some of the people I've met! I'm big on making the most of life and it's experiences.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

I'm new to couchsurfing and I've thought about trying it before as I love getting to know locals from the place I'm visiting but haven't had the chance yet. I would love to stay with someone along the way who can give me a bit more of an idea from a local perspective about the place I'm travelling through. I'm also keen to meet new people along the way as I often travel solo.

兴趣

Travelling
Skiing
Basketball
Yoga
Meditation
Food and wine
Reading
Hiking
Trying new experiences no matter how crazy they seem!

• culture
• dining
• wine
• reading
• traveling
• hiking
• bungee jumping
• skiing
• basketball
• rock climbing
• languages
• medicine
• volunteering

音乐、电影和书籍

So many to choose from....Books = Most recently I've read "The Rosie Project" which was hilarious - socially awkward guy and his dating quest, and "Little Princes" - a book about child trafficking and orphanages in Nepal (love to read books set in the place I'm travelling).

TV Shows = Brooklyn 99, Game of Thrones, Downtown Abbey, Suits, Mad Men, This is Us

Music = Lana Del Ray, Major Lazor, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Milky Chance, Birdy, Swedish House Mafia, Japanese Wallpaper, Iggy Azalea, Sheppard, etc etc etc

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

There's so many amazing things in life and travelling I don't know how to pick just one! Some of my favourite experiences are climbing kilimanjaro in Tanzania, volunteering in Nepal, snorkelling with turtles and sea lions in the Galapagos, bungee jumping in New Zealand, and of course meeting incredible people from so many different backgrounds along the way!

教，学，和分享

I'm happy to help out with English practice or give advice on places I've travelled to previously, or of course teach you more about Australia!

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Travel stories, good company, English practice (and I'm willing to have an attempt at any other language despite being hopeless compared to the Europeans!), everything I love about Melbourne and Australia.

我游览过的国家

Australia, Austria, Belize, Cambodia, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Fiji, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

我居住过的国家

Australia