CURRENT MISSION

to try and recognize the beauty of it all

ABOUT ME

my name is tessa. i'm 21 years old and from a small town in ontario, canada. i walk barefooted in the summer and enjoy the feeling of sweaters. i'm not really sure what i'm doing, but for the most part that's okay.

PHILOSOPHY

"no man ever steps in the same river twice for it is not the same river and he is not the same man."
-heraclitus

"... the very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. the joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun..."
-chris mccandless/alex supertramp

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

when i lived in ottawa i attended the pub nights

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

no experience hosting or surfing yet, but i go to couchsurfing gatherings.

Interests

i love walking - i can walk for hours and be happy. i love travelling and trying new (vegan) food, i love talking to people about their lives and their beliefs and experiences, i love to nap in the sunshine, i love the concept of communal living so i love staying with people and staying in hostels, i love reading and writing.

• writing
• beauty
• dining
• vegan
• walking
• pub crawls
• reading
• traveling
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

movies:
stand by me, 10 things i hate about you, the princess bride, running on empty, the breakfast club...

music:
great big sea, passenger, twenty one pilots, tegan and sara, desert noises...

books:
the outsiders, le petit prince, jonathan livingston seagull, his dark materials, into the wild, travels with charley: in search of america...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

kenya will always amaze me

Teach, Learn, Share

i have some knowledge of french (kiswahili kidogo). so i would be up for learning more and teaching what i can.
but i'd love to know more of anything and everything.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cuba, Germany, Ireland, Kenya, South Africa, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada