CURRENT MISSION

"The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page."

ABOUT ME

I'm a very fun loving individual! I love to go out, dance, and drink with friends. But I also enjoy quiet nights at home watching good movies, drinking good wine, and listening to music. I love going to concerts and have a very diverse taste in the types of music I like. I'm very passionate about animals and I truly love nature. I'm a Masters student at Wageningen University in Holland studying Biology-Behavioral Ecology and Adaptation. I have really enjoyed living in Europe and I really have been enjoying the ability to travel all over this wonderful continent. I'm a very sympathetic, kind, clean, and caring individual. I enjoy helping others as much as possible. But I love to laugh most of all.

I have a very long travel bucket list, and really have enjoyed all the traveling I have done thus far and look forward to more in the future!

PHILOSOPHY

"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today"
~James Dean

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I live in Holland and I live in the US. Quite a nice little setup

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Never done it! But have had one very enthusiastic friend who has encouraged me to try it and so here I am. Totally open to having people stay with me. Currently though I live in the Netherlands, so I can show people around in Amsterdam or near where I live in the tiny town of Wageningen :p

Recently met a few people from CS and am so happy to have joined, and have the ability to have met these people that I might have normally not met!

Interests

TRAVELING EVERYWHERE! Horseback riding, Kayaking, Surfing, Hiking, Camping, Art, Sketching, Sculpture, Nature, Photography, Animals, Poetry, Reading, Music, Movies, Skiing, The Beach, Partying, Cooking, Food (Spanish, Italian, Indian, etc.), Baking, Basketball, Playing Tennis, Playing Volleyball, Driving, Dancing (tango, club, salsa, etc.), and Singing

• animals
• arts
• culture
• books
• poetry
• singing
• photography
• sketching
• concerts
• oktoberfest
• dancing
• tango
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• baking
• partying
• drinking
• clubbing
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• equestrian
• hiking
• kayaking
• camping
• surfing
• skiing
• basketball
• tennis
• volleyball
• swimming
• biology
• ecology
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Brave New World, The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Aeneid, The Divine Comedy, 100 Years of Solitude, Love in the Time of Cholera, Lord of the Rings Series, King Lear, Macbeth, Como Agua Para Chocolate, A Farewell to Arms, The Good Earth, Memoirs of a Geisha, Equus, Death of a Salesman, Harry Potter Series, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Great Gatsby, etc.

Music: Country, Trance, Rock, Classical, House, Alternative, 90's, Oldies, Latin, Reggaeton, Pop, Top 40, Techno, House, Rock, etc. (e.g. Armin van Buuren, Gareth Emery, Hot Since 82, Pan Pot, Joris Voorn, Frank Sinatra, Celine Dion, Barbara Streisand, Miranda Lambert, Johnny Cash, Kenny Chesney, Nirvana, Beethoven, Third Eye Blind, Eve 6, Juanes, Daddy Yankee, Don Omar, Bing Crosby, Etta James, N*Sync, etc.)

Movies: Life is Beautiful, Into the Wild, Her, Remember Me, Mar Adentro, Slumdog Millionaire, Volver, Birdman, The Departed, Love Actually, V for Vendetta, Walk the Line, Blow, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Mean Girls, Gladiator, Black Swan, King's Speech, Inception, Disney Movies, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

~Rainforests of Costa Rica
~Swimming with Dolphins in the Wild
~Working with Tigers, Ocelots, Caracals, etc.
~Watching the Tar Heels win the '09 National Championship in Detroit
~San Fermin in Pamplona
~King's Day in Amsterdam
~Oktoberfest in Munich
~CROATIA - ALL OF IT

Teach, Learn, Share

Love to help anyone who wants to know more about Latin American or American culture :) and I would LOVE to learn about yours I'm sure!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Netherlands, United States