CURRENT MISSION

Walk across countries!

ABOUT ME

Hey there! My name is Jen and I'm a therapy student currently living in Portland, OR. I absolutely LOVE the outdoors, backpacking all over, dancing, and meeting new people. My feet seem to take me where they will sometimes and it's an adventure seeing where they'll take me next. For the time being, I'm content to be a Wanderer--to walk and learn and explore with an open mind and camera at hand.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have couchsurfed in London, Vancouver, and Paris while also unofficially couch crashing in Switzerland and Belgium.

Interests

Photography, travel, literature, dancing, hiking, the beach!, meeting new people, cooking, baking, eating, ice cream, Spanish, poetry, board games, puns, Shakespeare, sunshine, The Beatles, wandering, getting lost, story telling, sleeping under the stars, did I mention the beach?

• books
• literature
• poetry
• photography
• dancing
• cooking
• baking
• traveling
• blues
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• backpacking
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Here are a few of my favorites: Macbeth, Til We Have Faces, Rosaura a las diez, Like Water For Chocolate, The Great Gatsby, Beloved, Harry Potter (like anyone from this generation), The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Wuthering Heights, Hamlet, Fahrenheit 451, A Doll's House, Love in the Time of Cholera, The Catcher in the Rye, The Picture of Dorian Grey. Poets: Frost, Eliot, Cummings!!!, Neruda

Music: Beatles, Mae, Jack Johnson, The Killers, Breaking Benjamin, Jason Mraz, Deathcab for Cutie, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Elton John, Coldplay, Beirut, Snow Patrol, Black Eyed Peas

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I walked across Scotland coast to coast in 4 days. Was meant to be 6, but we did it anyway!

Teach, Learn, Share

Baking/cooking-I would love to help you make something delicious!

Dancing!!!!-I know 9 types of ballroom dance but especially love swing and Blues (think sexy swing)

Hiking-let's go!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Dancing lessons, laughter, fun, jam from Oregon or craft beer :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Italy, Lesotho, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Africa, Spain, United States