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Overview

  • 3 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Arabic, Italian, Spanish, Swahili
  • 38, Female
  • Member since 2007
  • Intern, Middle East Institute
  • International Relations
  • From San Francisco Bay Area
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

simultaneously learn arabic and swahili...it can be done

ABOUT ME

22 year old recent uni grad and lifetime vagabonda. I have volunteered and traveled on every inhabited continent!..minus that southern glacier- someday! jumping into the wonderful chaos that is Washington DC for a year or so.. euro- mid east- african adventure soon to come!

PHILOSOPHY

Art Film literature family friends sport work...all have been great influences and inspirations in my life, but by far the greatest has been traveling.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

probably can't host until 2009, but would love to meet up for a drink or adventure.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

couch surfing was a poor-student-saver on accomodation and tour guides while I studied in Europe, Australia, and California. Especially loved my couch hosts in napoli and praha!

Interests

cooking and eating aussie barbie, pad thai, pasta, chips maiai, cali salads...
smoking hookah, an addiction I'm quite alright with.
wandering around cities. sleeping on the beach.
reading great books while in route. passionate debate.
good bottle of wine and loud group of friends.
hippy dancing

  • arts
  • books
  • literature
  • dancing
  • waltz
  • cooking
  • wine
  • drinking
  • reading
  • traveling
  • camping
  • surfing
  • scuba diving
  • sports
  • olympics
  • tourism
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

libri: catch 22, siddhartha, the fountainhead, tarzan of the apes, cat's cradle
film: dr. strangelove, trainspotting, american beauty, fear and loathing in las vegas, la dolce vita

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Recently kill and drink the blood of a goat with the Maasai in Tanzania... smoke delicious hookah with a Prince in Zanzibar....Scuba diving Darwin's Arch, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador...Swag camping Alice Springs, Australia...Snowball fight on Mt. Etna, Sicily.....dance the Viennese waltz at a balck-tie Ball Vienna, Austria....attend openning ceremonies 2004 Olympics, Athens, Greece....life's been good!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Cayman Islands, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Greece, Honduras, Indonesia, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Thailand, Turks and Caicos Islands

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Italy, Tanzania, United States

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