CURRENT MISSION

Trying to experience as much of this world as possible before I have to grow up and be an adult.

ABOUT ME

I am always getting bitten by the travel bug! I'm half-Vietnamese and half-American, very friendly and open-minded and have a great sense of humor. Political correctness is the bane of my existence. I love listening to music, reading, films and satire.

You might hear me refer to myself as the female version of George Costanza but I assure you I am considerate, nice and an all-around likeable person.

I love learning about other cultures and learning new languages. I'm currently living in Sweden and trying to speak as much Swedish as possible to become fluent, whilst attempting to maintain my German and Vietnamese.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I really hate those kinds of tours where you get on a bus and you're told what to do every minute of every day. I like to slow down, get to know the locals and have them show me what it's really like to be a resident in any town, city, state/province or country.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

in progress ...

Interests

Music, footy, Arsenal FC, Guinness, friends, hanging in, films, politics, history, satire, walking, cycling, old man pubs, gritty international travel, pasta, chocolate, argyle

• oktoberfest
• chocolate
• walking
• drinking
• pub crawls
• politics
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• kayaking
• history
• languages
• tours

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
1. Above all: grit, drama and disillusionment--Deliverance, Midnight Cowboy, Det Sjunde Inseglet (The Seventh Seal), Full Metal Jacket, The Wrestler, Taxi Driver, Apocalypse Now
2. Satire and parodies--anything Monty Python's ever touched, O Brother Where Art Thou?
3. Being a young person, I have a soft spot for movies like Superbad, Happy Gilmore, Dodgeball and Wayne's World.
4. Historical movies or period films--Gangs of New York, Amadeus, The Elephant Man, There Will Be Blood

Extensive musical taste, from British post-punk to American bluegrass, from German rap to Scandinavian metal. I have an unhealthy obsession with Morrissey. See http://last.fm/user/uttini_ if your curiosity has been piqued :]

Books: I love to read! My favourite themes are the dark side of the American Dream and people who cause their own destruction through insatiable greed or desire for power (An American Tragedy, The Great Gatsby, The Sound and the Fury), disillusionment and descents into madness (Heart of Darkness, The Sea Wolf, Psycho), and humorous childhood stories (read: Jean Shepherd)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Kayaking for five days in Bahia de los Angeles in Baja California
- Living in London for 10 months!! Take me back to dear old Blighty!
- Cycling around the Aran Islands in Galway Bay, Ireland
- Eating Weißwurst and pretzels and drinking a Maß in the Viktualienmarkt in Munich and then again at the Hofbräufestzelt for Oktoberfest 2011
- Crossing the Arctic Circle, eating reindeer and experiencing the midnight sun in Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland
- Walking through Stockholm's Gamla Stan
- Sitting on the harborfront at Nyhavn in Copenhagen, Denmark...oh and going to the Carlsberg Visitor's Centre
-Getting my masters degree in Sweden and being the only American on my course :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Sweden, United Kingdom, United States