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Overview

  • 5 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Hebrew (modern), Spanish
  • 42, Female
  • Member since 2007
  • student of religious studies and linguistics and sometime...
  • BA
  • From Auckland, New Zealand.
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

wandering and exploring

ABOUT ME

I've moved back to Wellington for study, for exploring,hoping for adventures and stories and music and for making things.

PHILOSOPHY

Pro curiosity.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've surfed more than I've hosted, hoping to right the balance once my little place is set up.

Interests

I like festivals,exploring,trains,cats,books,the underwater world,italics,sleeping,trees,words,teeth,skeletons,sneaking,dreaming,bicycles,telling stories,listening to stories,dancing badly and wearing disguises.

  • pets
  • cats
  • books
  • festivals
  • dancing
  • music
  • language exchange

Music, Movies, and Books

Virginia Woolf, Dave Eggers, David Foster Wallace,Gogol,Frank O'Hara,Kerouac Haikus,Sophie Calle,The Goon Show,Neutral Milk Hotel,Tom Waits,Bjork,Sparklehorse,Klezmer,Neil Young,Balkan music,Kusturica films,Edith Piaf,The Philadelphia Story,accordians, cassette mix tapes..little things..lots of things.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Just now my pet lobster amazes me when he lifts his head above the water in the evening.something like a narwhal breaking through ice..awkward,eerie..somehow romantic.

Teach, Learn, Share

Language exchanges are great.I can also make casual assessments about your dental health.
Maybe I could show you my shoulder blade trick.. Amazing!.As for learning,maybe rollerskating,music, sharing stories..adventures..tall tales. Anything.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, Hungary, India, Romania, Serbia, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, New Zealand

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