Hello, I'm Christine!

I've been off couch surfing for a while, but I'm back!

Two years ago I bought a house in Burlington, where I've lived for 15 years–and it's expensive. I rented it out for April and May 2024 and I'm traveling around the south and southwest to save a little money. Last fall I quit my nonprofit marketing director job to freelance full-time, so I'm also experimenting with working remotely while traveling.

It's crazy coming back to Couchsurfing after all these years and reading the reviews from people who hosted me and people who surfed at my house. Why did I ever leave?! This platform has resulted in so many incredible experiences and connections. If anything, I've spent the intervening years becoming even more curious about new people and new places and even more open to the possibilities and opportunities that come when I connect with strangers.

I love connecting with folks but I'm also an independent person!

"If you have two loaves of bread, do as the Greeks did -- sell one and with the coin of the realm buy sunflowers."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've hosted a lot in Vermont and I've surfed in Montana, California, Texas, Quebec, New Mexico, and Louisiana.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Oh, too many to name. Becoming friends with return surfers and beer-bike enthusiasts Max and Tony from Quebec has been a blast, and I finally got up to visit them and their brewery last summer. What was supposed to be a three-day surf with Cheryl and her family in northwest Montana turned into living in a truck camper in their backyard for a month and a half and becoming part of the family. I've hosted so many folks in Vermont, and every experience is so different but so wonderful in its own way, and shows the same thing: people are great.

Interests

Hiking, camping, riding bikes, bike touring, illustration, making zines, cooking meals with good people, gardening, backcountry skiing, campfires, building community resilience, working with my hands.

Some days traveling look like an all-day adventure outside or nonstop exploration, and some days look like posting up at a cafe and knocking out some work. It all depends on my energy levels and what I have in the mix!

• books
• dining
• cooking
• cycling
• hiking
• camping

Teach, Learn, Share

How to make a one-page zine. How to fix a bike.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Art!

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Guatemala, Mexico, Spain

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