CURRENT MISSION

To see as much of the world as possible in as many different ways as I can, and to make friends everywhere as I go...

ABOUT ME

I am 23 years old and addicted to travel... I love to read and write, to learn new languages and experience new cultures, just like everyone else on Couchsurfing, I suppose! I'm quirky and sarcastic and a little bit reserved sometimes til I work you out, but I am open to everything, from spur-of-the-moment adventures to trying new cuisine... (but nothing that's still alive, please!) Life is short and I want to make the most of it while I can.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

At the moment I am travelling for a year in Latin America so I have no couch to offer but when I go back to Sydney I hope to start hosting as many people as I can...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I couchsurfed for 2 weeks in Italy with a friend in 2007 and loved it - it opened my eyes to a new way to travel and experience places and was the highlight of my trip. Our favourite was a hippy farm in Tuscany where we were made to feel part of the family, getting lessons in pesto-making, plum-picking, swimming in the lake and appreciating their very special brand of penis pottery... It was wonderful and a time that I'll never ever forget.

Interests

reading anything I can get my hands on - movies - unpretentious poetry - scrapbooks - talking all night with friends - Margaret Atwood - wine - tequila - turtles - horchatas de arroz - circuses - cactus - making mixtapes - cheeky children - high heels - chocolate croissants - Gerald Durrell - lomography - my Diana+ camera - glaciers - trekking - blues - nerds/candy - eucalypts - The Royal Tenenbaums - ducks - unexpected nights out where anything can happen - Don Mario's - chicken buses - markets - statement jewellery - Writing, anything - platypuses - Jeffrey Eugenides - the rain - mangroves - poker - just walking walking walking - blueberries - vintage dresses and altering them - contagious laughs - peppermint tea - the beach... any beach... - hole-in-the-wall bars - blogs - neighbourhood theatre - block parties - languages, both speaking and fucking them up - travel travel travel

• writing
• poetry
• chocolate
• wine
• walking
• partying
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• pottery
• scrapbooking
• poker
• blues
• swimming
• languages
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

My Family and Other Animals - Gerald Durrell
The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood
Jasper Fforde
The Princess Bride - William Golding
Cormac McCarthy
Anita Shreve
Jeffrey Eugenides
Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
Roald Dahl
Paullina Simons
Janet Evanovich
Joseph Heller