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Overview

  • 7 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Spanish
  • 42, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • I used to work at STA Travel, now I work for Cambridge In...
  • BA Hons in English Language & Linguistics with Drama ...
  • From England, United Kingdom
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Never just one mission, there are many. Cologne marathon on 14 Sep 2014, currently!

ABOUT ME

A great man once wrote:

"Wind in my hair, I feel part of everywhere
Underneath my being is a road that disappeared
Late at night I hear the trees, they're singing with the dead overhead

Leave it to me as I find a way to be
Consider me a satellite forever orbiting
I knew all the rules, but the rules did not know me, guaranteed..."

Shortly after that, I fell in love with it. :)

PHILOSOPHY

I want people to be nicer, the world to be happier, the planet to be healthier, jobs to be more fulfilling, holidays to be longer, laughing to be louder, hearts to be fuller, my itches to be scratched.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have been AWOL for a while, but would like to get involved again...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far: meeting quite a few other surfers in Estonia & thus sowing the seeds of a never-ending stream of new acquaintances... :)
I recently couch-surfed in St Petersburg and had a great time with the lovely Vladimir :)

Interests

Travel, triathlon, scuba-diving, music, festivals, reading, film, friends, history, roots, heritage, coffees, swimming, being outside and lots of sunshine...!

  • singing
  • perfumes
  • festivals
  • triathlon
  • marathon
  • boating
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • scuba diving
  • swimming
  • history

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Garden State, Donnie Darko, Amelie, Into the Wild, 127 Hours, Touching the Void, Biutiful, Pan's Labyrinth, Cinema Paradiso, Motorcycle Diaries, Moulin Rouge.

Music: Eddie Vedder, Fleet Foxes, Vampire Weekeend, Elton John, Blur, Libertines, Spinto Band, Athlete, Pixies, David Bowie, The Guillemots, James, Turin Brakes, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash, Beastie Boys, The Rakes, The Shins.

Books: His Dark Materials Trilogy, The Shining, Catch 22, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Wuthering Heights, Treasure Island, Harry Potter. (Yes, I said Harry Potter!!!)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Oh wow.. Uluru at sunset & staring up at the stars in the Australian outback, the view atop the Great Wall of China, my first every scuba-dive in Thailand, Angkor Wat at sunrise, a junk boat trip in Ha Long Bay, Christ the Redeemer before me in Rio...how do you pick one!?

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Japan, Laos, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Russian Federation, Scotland, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand, United Kingdom

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