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Overview

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  • Fluent in English; learning Italian, Sign Language - American
  • 38, Other
  • Member since 2010
  • A couple elementary school teachers
  • Keene State College, N.H.
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Live life to the fullest. Together.

ABOUT ME

Emilia is a teacher of grades 5 and 6 at a small nearby elementary school. She majored in elementary education and social science. She enjoys going for walks and exploring and considers herself a timid adventurer. Emilia loves to eat, especially pasta and ice cream...but not both at once. She grew up on a farm in N.H. and wants to have her own farm someday. Emilia wants to travel and learn and see as much of the world as she can for herself, but also so she can give young people a more accurate perspective about other people, places, and cultures. She loves to laugh.

JJ is a native of greater Boston, but a full-fledged, enthusiastic transplant to the Monadnock region of New Hampshire. He studied social sciences and education at Keene State College. He also teaches fifth grade at a different nearby elementary school. His hobbies tend to revolve around attempting to legitimize his presence in New Hampshire and include making maple syrup, beekeeping, raising chickens, gardening, and making apple cider. He is also a photographer on the side.

PHILOSOPHY

To love, and be loved, To live and to learn.

Children, of any age, learn best by understanding connections between things that interest and things unfamiliar.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Emilia did some traveling around Europe by way of CS hospitality, and since her return we have opened up the house to any interested surfers.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Emilia surfed to Paris for her spring break during her semester in Florence, and had a wonderful time.

Hosted:

2010
June: Callia joined us for a couple nights while scoping out housing for grad school. She was wonderful as our first guest!

October: While touring New England, Meika and her parents joined us for cider pressing, pumpkin carving, and pancake eating.

Surfed:

2010
March: Aude and Jonathan hosted Emilia and Randi in Paris for a wonderful start to spring break, and their first CouchSurfing experience.

Interests

Cows, chickens and other farm animals, maple syrup, beekeeping, apple cider, photography, claywork, children.

  • animals
  • chickens
  • farm animals
  • arts
  • photography
  • education
  • modeling
  • gardening
  • flowers
  • traveling
  • pottery
  • painting
  • drawing
  • adventure races
  • teaching
  • history
  • science
  • social science

Music, Movies, and Books

Emilia loves movies; particularly documentaries, historical, romance, comedy, musicals, and dramas. We will listen to almost any type of music. We enjoy poetry and reading young adult novels and picture books (we can't help it, we're elementary school teachers). We also love theatre.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Emilia: I have been a model for a painting. Sitting for a long time in the same position is more difficult than one might think. It was an amazing experience to watch me come to life on canvas.

Teach, Learn, Share

I would love to learn more arts and trades. I am very interested in pottery and have some experience throwing on the wheel and would love to learn more. I can teach someone the basics, but I do not currently have my own equipment. I would like to learn how to paint, and draw, and maybe even sculpt. I would like to learn how to grow flowers and vegetables and tend to a garden. I would like to learn how to quilt and sew better. There are many things I would like to learn.
I know many games to play with children and large groups, I know how to milk a cow and tend to farm animals. I like learning about History and would be willing to help someone learn more.

Countries I’ve Visited

Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Puerto Rico, Slovakia, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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