ABOUT ME

I'm very chilled and love to meet new people from around the world. I would say I am an introvert with a social butterfly alter ego. I am a creative with liberal views, open minded. LGBTQ ally. I like to travel the unbeaten path and discover quaint spaces and unique experiences.

I don't drink, I'm neat and quiet. I'm a night owl and like to sleep in in the morning.
As a host myself I have enjoyed the platform to meet new people and have surfed only once, in Durban, South Africa.

Professional bio-
Achieved her M.Arch (Architecture Professional) 2014, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa. She has eight years industry experience, founding her own practice in 2019 and becoming a part time lecturer from 2020. EASA (European Architecture Student Assembly) 2013 participant selected for international team. She finds teaching a gratifying privilege and real architectural projects humbling, therefore equally optimistic and cynical about architecture's ability to change the world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Surfing
I believe that staying with locals is the only way to truly experience the country. How else can you immerse yourself in its culture if not with its people. Even when I airbnb I prefer to stay with a household.
Hosting
I have an overwhelming desire to be everywhere in the world, but if I cant, then ill have to hear about it from visitors.

Interests

Sports
Springboks rugby fan. I play Tennis, Netball and Golf.

• architecture
• dancing
• technology
• music
• history
• buildings
• old buildings

Music, Movies, and Books

Dramas, true crime, based on true stories
Music.... from deftones (rock) to the knife(hipster) to Jon hopkins(ambient electro) to oldies from the 70s and 80s.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Volunteered at a animal rescue in Udaipur, India.
Did a fire walk over hot coals.
Visited the Harbin Ice Sculpture festival in northern China, its the biggest in the world.

Teach, Learn, Share

To see my work visit my portfolio website here:
http://nlloydlister.wix.com/nadialloydlister

What I Can Share with Hosts

Knowledge about the buildings in my city, heritage, some history and the prettiest ones of course.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, China, Croatia, Hungary, India, Lesotho, Mozambique, Slovenia, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Africa