CURRENT MISSION

see more places, meet more people!

ABOUT ME

i am currently a final year literature student at Cardiff University- and still struggling to actually finish a book!
i have no idea what i would like to do next, but hope it will involve travelling. i would really like to explore Northern Europe.
i love music; festivals, gigs, vinyl, cool record shops,and my boyfriend playing guitar.
i write the Best postcards, will beat you at scrabble (perhaps) and can play kum by yah on the harmonica, but i cannot cook, map read or make origami. i am scared of escalators and goodbyes.
my friends tend to describe me as happy and sandy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've couch surfed both officially and unofficially since my gap year in 2007, and don't intend to stop any time soon! I have hosted, been hosted and helped organise a number of very diverse gatherings- from swing dancing in Sydney's Hyde Park to free hugs in Byron Bay.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

all positive :)

Interests

music, wine, photography (polaroids!), food, travel, the ocean, poetry

• books
• literature
• poetry
• photography
• festivals
• dancing
• swing dancing
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• cocktails
• news
• traveling
• origami
• music
• guitar
• piano
• camping
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

guillemots, mumford and sons, ben harper, damien rice, the cat empire, bon iver, fleet foxes,john butler trio, anthony and the johnsons, the cinematic orchestra, slow club, sigur ros, xavier rudd, kings of leon, arcade fire, devendra banhart, emmy the great, angus and julia stone, iron and wine, the killers, donavon frankenreiter etc..and i'll dance to anything!

books i've actually finished, and enjoyed, include a clockwork orange, captain corelli's mandolin, rebecca, if nobody speaks of remarkable things, enduring love. i also LOVED 'if on a winters night a traveller..' but didn't finish that, either.
lyrics and poetry.

1 giant leap, the last waltz, juno, withnail and i, anchorman.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

free hugs (and a free festival!) in byron bay '08
composed and recorded my own music
attended a rave half way down a cliff in sydney...which made the following day's news!
got a flight to greece, got a house and job...a week later lost both- yet managed to stay out there for the next 3 months!
inadvertently worked for the greek mafia
sailed away...and back again
caught a lift home via europe in a camper van
climbed up a volcano
'surfed' in shark infested waters
snorkelled a tropical reef in hawaii
fallen a little bit in love (countless times!)

Teach, Learn, Share

i can teach you how to make cocktails, play the piano and bake amazing cookies!

i'd like to learn more languages,as much and as many as possible, and i always always want to hear and play and watch new music. if someone could enhance my guitar/ukulele playing abilities that would be nice too.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Portugal, Singapore, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United Kingdom

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