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Overview

  • 21 references 13 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, German, Spanish
  • Unspecified age, Female
  • Member since 2006
  • Saving the world, one recyclable piece of material at a t...
  • Austin College in Sherman, Texas
  • No hometown listed
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To play frisbee in every country

ABOUT ME

Im on a quest to define happiness.

Not-so-recently graduated from a small liberal arts college in Texas with degree in Psychology and Theatre. I took a "gap year" to travel Europe and have now settled into life in Dallas, still exploring-just a little closer to home. I try to take one major international trip every year to keep my travel bug at bay.

PHILOSOPHY

"May you live every day of your life" --Jonathan Swift

"Every turn of the wheel is a revolution" -Grafitti in Ireland

"There is no such thing as a good war or a bad peace" --Benjamin Franklin

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I love being an ambassador to my neighborhood, city and state. Come visit!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Awesome experiences eating chocolate on windy beaches in Belgium, sailing through 18 seasons in France, snowshoeing in Austria, and screaming at football matches in Barcelona. Where to next? Its up to you!

Interests

Photography, travel, people, fiction books, letter writing, ridiculous decisions, scuba diving, deep conversations, good friends, blogging, maps, Scrabble, moving moments, travel literature, entertaining stories, glass blowing, kids, friends, unexpected hugs, recycling, religious traditions, history, and new perspectives...to name a few.

  • arts
  • writing
  • books
  • literature
  • photography
  • cooking
  • breakfast
  • chocolate
  • running
  • traveling
  • blogging
  • scuba diving
  • sailing
  • snowshoeing
  • soccer
  • cartography
  • history
  • psychology
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Recommendations on books: The Life of PI, The Time Travelers Wife, The Zahir.

Dont-leave-home-without-it-Travel literature: Bill Bryson, Lonely Planet and Paul Theroux.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Scuba diving with New Zealand fur seals off the coast of Australia.

Teach, Learn, Share

Goals for Life:

Write a book
Become fluent in Spanish/German/French
Run a bed and breakfast
Remember three jokes
Become a good sailor
Learn to cook better
Go hot air ballooning
Dive the Red Sea

If you can help me with these goals, do it! Anything you are willing to teach, I'm willing to try.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Egypt, Honduras, Kenya, Portugal

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United States

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