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Overview

  • 101 references 34 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French; learning German, Spanish
  • 40, Female
  • Member since 2007
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About Me

Currently living in Luxembourg after 5.5 years in London. You can follow my 'London travel' blog here: http://internationallondon.blogspot.com/

I love travelling, languages and Euro-pop

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I stayed with some fantastic students in Finland. I really couldn't have had a better introduction to Couchsurfing than from these friendly Finns.

I have hosted some lovely people in Brighton (Emma from USA, Hisham from London and two very funny Estonians: Laura and Henry.

Couchsurfers made my trip truly amazing through the USA, New Zealand, Australia and Malaysia. If you want to meet some of the kindest, craziest, most generous people I've ever met, take a look at my friend list.

Interests

listening to Eurovision music / euro-pop, dancing around to said music,

  • performing arts
  • festivals
  • dancing
  • sauna
  • partying
  • pub crawls
  • news
  • movies
  • traveling
  • blogging
  • music
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Films
Son of a Lion, Rabbit Proof Fence, Corazones de Mujeres, House of Flying Daggers, The Agronomist, Infernal Affairs, Into the Wild, American Beauty, Kenny

Books
Beloved, A Prayer for Owen Meaney, Harry Potter, Duncton Wood, Bel Canto, Life of Pi, To Kill a Mockingbird, We

Music
Chalga, Euro-pop, Electro House, Kwaito (Mzekezeke!), Rap, Reggaeton, Schlager, Zouk

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

CS experiences

Partied in the 9th ward, New Orleans

Made the gossip column of the West End News, Portland, Maine.

Ate frozen custard in Canberra.

Visited the Morman Temple in Salt Lake City.

Went to a huge temple complex in Penang, Malaysia.

Other trips
Jumped in the snow after a sauna in Siberia.

Stood in a volcanic crater in Costa Rica.

Saw the Queen pop into H&M.

Picked pears in Moldova.

Danced my way around the community for Mardi Gras in Cite Fadia, Dakar.

Took my brother on a mystery birthday trip.

Played with the puppets backstage at the theatre with my Japanese friend.

Saw the Armenian Eurovison entrant's performance of Qele Qele at the 2008 Preview Party in London (Although I did get hit in the eye by a girl with a broken arm who was dancing a bit too wildly and kept prodding my friend with her handbag. Think he got the better deal of the two of us).

Teach, Learn, Share

I could have a go at teaching English.

I was learning Spanish on an evening course, so if you speak Spanish and are prepared to put up with me attempting to hablar then I would be very happy to meet you.

What I Can Share with Hosts

British sense of humour

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Gambia, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Martin (French part), Senegal, Singapore, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Luxembourg, United Kingdom

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