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Overview

  • 4 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning French, Portuguese
  • 61, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • Translator & writer
  • University
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Research for a book on ancient Greek food and wine

ABOUT ME

Practical info:
50 yrs old. Travelling with my friend Andres. I am not a vegetarian, no problem if you are. I have a mild mobility disability which means long walks and lots of stairs are out for me. Very good cook. Tidy and cooperative, used to being a guest and a hostess.
Life info:
By trade an interpreter/translator/writer. By choice a person who travels often and enjoys community life greatly.

PHILOSOPHY

Let´s conjugate LOVE and WILL with RESPECT

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I lost my last membership through lack of use :(
Since joining again I have hosted people in my London home.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have always had lots of people staying over, friends and friends of friends. Travelled in several countries where I have stayed with people whom I have met.

Interests

Books (reading, writing, reviewing).
Travel (been on 4 continents, if you count the asiatic part of Istambul)
Magic
Ancient and modern Greece.
The Arabic and Jewish cultures in Europe (I was raised a free-thinker in a Catholic country)
Visiting sacred places, in particular Greek and Egyptian ones

  • writing
  • books
  • dining
  • cooking
  • reading
  • traveling
  • magic
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Blade Runner
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Wicker man (v. 1975)
-no, I haven´t been to the movies much lately ;)

Music.... all sorts as long as it's punctuated with silence once in a while.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seen... we could be here for some time! But let´s be brief:

My mother talking down a group of children guerrilla who were going to rob/assault us while travelling in Mozambique in the early 1980´s.

Done:

Got over existing and learnt to live!
Becoming a published writer
Travelled all around Mt Olympus in my wheelchair with the help of friends

Teach, Learn, Share

Feng Shui
Medicinal herbs
Tarot
Psychic development
Cooking
Talks in London Museums

What I Can Share with Hosts

A good meal freshly cooked
Tea from England
Tarot reading
Feng shui advice for your home
Learn about alternative medicine
Laughter!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Mozambique, Spain, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, France, Greece, United Kingdom

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