CURRENT MISSION

eat, drink & dance our way around this earth :)

ABOUT ME

My cousin (Maddy, 20) and I are traveling around NZ for the next month and we are keen to meet some locals and make some friends by couch-surfing in the places we visit. (My sister and I did it in 2011 and the boyf and I did in 2012/13, hence the reviews :)

About us... we're both pretty chilled, friendly, open-minded, love the beach and the outdoors in general, love trying new foods, love a good beer/cider/wine/cocktail, and exploring new places. We also love cooking so if we stay with you we're usually pretty keen to get in the kitchen and whip something up! But we're no gourmet chefs so don't get your hopes up too high.. we do try though! :)

PHILOSOPHY

We don't take ourselves too seriously and try to have a positive outlook on life in general. Make the most of every opportunity. Life's too short to be doing things you don't enjoy! And always be excellent to each other!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

At the moment we're just surfing, but will hopefully do some hosting as well once we're back home!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I couch surfed with my sister in 2011 when we traveled Europe - we surfed a few nights in Cambridge, Cork, Galway and Dublin. All were really positive and just awesome experiences; we met some hilarious characters and made some great friends!
Also surfed around Scandinavia/Europe with my boyfriend in 2012/13 and had an equally awesome experience!

Interests

In no particular order... Traveling, health and wellbeing, food (cooking and eating), bush walking/hiking, bike riding, nature, yoga, snowboarding, cheese and wine times, meeting people, different cultures/languages/accents, chocolate, stand up paddle boarding, surfing, castles...etc!

• festivals
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• chocolate
• wine
• cheese
• beer
• cocktails
• yoga
• running
• walking
• drinking
• traveling
• socializing
• juggling
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• surfing
• snowboarding
• languages
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: The Beautiful Girls, Mat McHugh, Grouplove, The Kooks, Escape the Fate, Two Door Cinema Club, Gyroscope, Hungry Kids of Hungary, Vampire Weekend, Jack Johnson, The Wombats, Millencolin, Unwritten Law, Queen, and so on..

Movies: Star Wars (the original 3), anything with Jim Carrey, Harry Potter series, Blue Crush, Point Break, 10 things I hate about you, Love Actually, Strictly Ballroom, Drop Dead Fred, Juno, I Love You Man, The Avengers, Iron Man movies...

Books: Harry Potter series, To Kill a Mockingbird (and other penguin classics), Cloud Street, Lord of the Rings, Pride and Prejudice, The Alchemist, Sophie's World, Wicked series, any cookbook, and Lonely Planet guides :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Can't narrow it down to one so had to list a couple, some may sound a bit cliché but so far our amazing-things-done list goes like this... Eating fresh coconuts on the beach in Fiji, getting muddy at a festival in England, downhill mountain biking in Scotland, picnics of wine and cheese by the Seine in Paris, nudie dips off the Curonian Spit in Lithuania, running a chalet in the French Alps, wild berry picking in Helsinki.. and we're very keen to add some cool NZ experiences to this!

Teach, Learn, Share

When i find my most amazing banana cake recipe I'll add it so everyone can taste the banana goodness! It's my specialty :)

Recently learnt to juggle so could potentially teach any willing students

Would love to learn some more languages and improve my skate boarding skills

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, France