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Overview

  • 35 references 22 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish; learning Bulgarian
  • 64, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • Enjoying life
  • Master: Taxation
  • From Montevideo, Montevideo Department, Uruguay
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To visit as many countries as possible, to learn about different cultures and enjoy the local foods.

ABOUT ME

I don't want to live in the corporate world; I want to gallivant, to enjoy life, to discover new places, meet new people. I want to be free.

Life's too short, I want to enjoy mine.
Since 2008 I been house-sitting, WWOOFing, workaway, and HelpX through the world and loving every minute of it.

PHILOSOPHY

Carpe diem.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By meeting new people and sharing the joy of life with the world.
By attending the local meetings at the cities where I am.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Great, I love every minute of it.
I have met some wonderful people from a lot of different countries and cultures.

Interests

Traveling, dancing, writing, reading, learning languages. Seeing as much of this world as possible.
house sitting, HelpX, workaway.
And most importantly: spending time with my granddaughter.

  • writing
  • dancing
  • reading
  • traveling
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Credence Clearwater Revival, La Vela Puerca, Die Toten Hosen, André Rieu, Cesaria Evora, Andrea Bocelli, actually, I like a lot of different types of music, from Rock and Roll to Classic and everything in between.
Books: old Ann Rice, Stephen King, Horacio Quiroga, you get the point.
Movies: Jeux d'enfants (love me if you dare); La Stanza del Figlio (the son's room); Cidade de Deus (City of God); The Truman show; The world according to Garp; The lost boys; Requiem for a dream, Less than zero, Betty Davis movies; action movies, actually any gender film that touches my emotions, and if I get a good cry, the better.
T.V.: 24, The Tudors, The Big Bang Theory, True Blood, Rome, Dexter, The Borgias, Game of Thrones. Vikings.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I participated in the first sit-in for the clean air act back in the 60's.
I have seen the northern and southern lights.
I am traveling the world.

Teach, Learn, Share

I still have so much to learn, but whatever I know I can share with you.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kosovo, Laos, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Norway, Palestine, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Western Sahara

Countries I’ve Lived In

Costa Rica, France, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

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