Hello! Curious savvy traveler. Dislikes plans, likes new places and being in the in-between. Loves museums and aquariums, food stands and parks, wants to visit all 8 Ivy league college campuses and has a general zest for life.

No pets, non-smoker, single traveler, yours truly. Drinks on me? :)

SO HERE ARE MY TRAVEL PLANS:

New to Couchsurfing, going solo on my first worldwide trip this May of 2017!

Itinerary:

Starting in Boston May 6,

then Paris May 9,

Barcelona May 15,

Bologna May 18,

Venice May 21,

Stockholm May 24,

Vienna June 1st,

and fly out of Europe to San Francisco June 15th.

STATESIDE:

Paris to San Fran June 15-26 (SF Pride!),

San Fran to Seattle June 26-30,

Seattle to Portland July 3-8,

Portland to Chicago July 8th,

and Chicago to my hometown in Grand Rapids, MI.

I am deeply appreciative in advance of all of the wonderful people & good times that Couchsurfing allows me to connect with along the way!

Viva la Vida!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Networking and world travels!

Interests

• performing arts
• fashion
• photography
• cooking
• politics
• reading
• drawing
• leatherworking
• spoken word
• philosophy
• cinema
• longboarding
• museums
• ceramics
• big cities
• exercise science
• women's soccer

Music, Movies, and Books

L.E.J., Amanda Palmer, Emma Watson, Simone de Beauvoir, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Milan Kundera, Amanda Powell of Longboard Girls Crew

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Second place in a longboard half marathon. Not too shabby!

Teach, Learn, Share

If you need a hostel or hotel, you can use my booking.com link to save $25 (I earn credit, as well): https://www.booking.com/s/dd29b621

What I Can Share with Hosts

Conversation, positivity, consistency, adventurous attitude, general zest for life

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Germany

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Korea, United States