CURRENT MISSION

Seeing the world while I still can.

ABOUT ME

The hardest question to answer is always, "Where are you from?" I've been blessed to have lived in three countries (currently on my fourth) during my lifetime. I spent my first five years in Taiwan, followed by eleven years in the beautiful cosmopolitan city of Toronto, Canada. My family moved way down south to Roswell, Georgia (Atlanta suburb) for my final years of high school, and I spent a wonderful four years attending the University of Georgia (Athens, GA), one of the country's best college towns and where I met some of the most amazing people I'll ever know.

Blog: http://www.lavieenvol.wordpress.com

Currently living in beautiful Kiel for my Masters program at CAU, and cannot wait for Kieler Woche!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Couch surfing is definitely going to make traveling through Europe easier than it already it, and I would love to explore eastern Europe, the Mediterranean, the United Kingdom, and of course, revisit all the places with which I have already fallen in love.

Interests

Ecology, biking, sustainability, learning to identify European birds, gastronomic discoveries, Sherlock Holmes, capoeira.

• birds
• capoeira
• traveling
• blogging
• cycling
• surfing
• rock climbing
• ecology
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

My tried-and-true authors: J.R.R. Tolkien, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, J.K. Rowling, Jhumpa Lahiri, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Roald Dahl.

I have played classical piano since the age of five. Although I have stopped lessons a few years ago during college, I miss it every day and am looking to the day when I can once again practice on my own piano and re-start lessons. I adore classical music (espeically movie soundtracks) and love attending live concerts.

I like enjoy films by Wes Anderson, the Coen brothers, Sophia Coppola, Judd Apatow, and am trying to expand into Woody Allen.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbing a mountain one morning in a Romanian (Transylvanian) mountain lodge at Lake Balea during June 2008, with a stunning view of the Carpathian mountains and the cities at its foothills down below. Snow, sheep, rolling green hills and a crystal clear blue lake were things I'll never forget.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, Germany, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States