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Overview

  • 3 references
  • Fluent in English, French; learning Spanish
  • 36, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • celebrating life
  • Finished university - now into the school of life
  • From Stratford-upon-avon and Leamington Spa
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

travel, discover, explore, laugh, love...

ABOUT ME

I'm new to this, and there's nothing harder than having to write about yourself. Anyway, I'll try to be brief, I think the other boxes give away a few clues.

If there's anything you want to know just ask, I'm more than happy to answer. If you're ever looking for someone knowledgeable to show you around Stratford-upon-avon, PM me.

I study French at university, love French Canada ie. Quebec.... and have been recently converted to the religion of ice hockey.

PHILOSOPHY

DO ANYTHING ONCE.

Always say YES to things.

Borrowed from Oscar Wilde: "Try anything once except incest and morris dancing".

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Crash on couches

Will let others crash on my couch when I return home,

Will cook for you...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Vancouver Island 2010, I found myself without a place to stay and my friend Emma invited me to join her couchsurfing in Victoria. Heather and Brandon who we surfed with were so welcoming and I joined CS immediately afterwards.

Interests

Travelling, scrapbooking, art, photography, cycling, music, squash, cooking (I'll make you a mean banoffee pie), making sushi - this is a bit of a new one but fun and messy all the same, tennis, fencing, hiking, camping, horseriding, Japan (my no.1 destination to go next), reading, meeting new people - maybe that one should go first?

  • arts
  • photography
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • reading
  • traveling
  • scrapbooking
  • music
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • camping
  • whitewater rafting
  • bungee jumping
  • fencing
  • hockey
  • tennis
  • racquetball
  • religion
  • squash

Music, Movies, and Books

Cool runnings, forest gump, into the wild, jules et jim, shawshank redemption, the beach, the godfather (book and film), last king of scotland, city of god, fear and loathing in las vegas....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

BUNGEE JUMPED OVER THE NILE after whitewater rafting down it!! Ahh the adrenaline!

Whilst in Quebec I went bear watching at Fairmont Kenauk (beautiful experience, such powerful creatures) - not crazily wild but brilliant to see.

Teach, Learn, Share

The '99 game.

bad taste jokes.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Rwanda, Spain, Switzerland, Uganda, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, United Kingdom

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