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Overview

  • 3 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Latvian; learning German, Russian
  • 43, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • account manager, advertising agency
  • shortly to be a BA in Political Science
  • From Riga
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

finishing my studies and working on my thesis....travelling and experiencing asmuch as i can in Souteast Asia.Loving it!

ABOUT ME

adore traveling, seeing new places and meeting new people! free spirit and courage is all it takes to fully enjoy everything the world can give!
bike-riding, dancing, swimming, mountain-climbing, many other activities and discovering great things is my life!

PHILOSOPHY

All about smiles and happy faces!!
To learn and have the best time as we live only once!

It may sound as banal and blank as you can possibly imagine, but I honestly believe banality will save the world! I would love to see people actually doing things together instead of sitting at the computer.
Internet is a wonderful thing and a way we all can travel around (use couch surfing)), but this is exactly the best thing couch surfing does - it connects people letting them share their experiences.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

hope I'm good at that!.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I stayed once at a place in France, Paris, though it was arranged by my friend from work as he is very active in this network.

Interests

music, literature and books, theatre, ballet, opera, travelling of course)), movies, art, packaging design, gender studies, hanging out with friends, cooking and wining&dining in general).\i like riding a bicycle and it's the best vehicle to my mind in the city.
i love owls and everything that depicts them.
i enjoy meeting new people from other countries and i'm interested in other cultures, traditions, philosophical notions and perceptions.
i like nature, hiking, swimming, snorkeling, jogging etc.
there are many other things that i like or i take interest in, but i can't possibly put everything down here. so it's another reason to meet and share experiences.

  • arts
  • books
  • literature
  • design
  • dancing
  • ballet dancing
  • dining
  • cooking
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • opera
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • surfing
  • snorkeling
  • rock climbing
  • swimming
  • gender studies

Music, Movies, and Books

i enjoy music so much i don't go out of home without without my iPod. there's everything from electronic music to indie/folk.
in music the biggest icons for me are Interpol and Radiohead, I also listen a lot to Fever Ray/The Knife/Zeigeist, Simon&Garfunkel, Band of Horses, Bat of Lashes...I could go on and on. I love Puccini's operas and Mahler's symphonies.
The Beat generation - J.Kerouac, A, Ginsberg,W.Borroughs are one of my favourite authors, besides novels and fiction i also read quite many academic writings in philosophy, politics, sociology and other subjects.
american comedies definitely are not my favourite choice for passing time, but sometimes with friends that's an option. European cinema (especially, French and Danish) interests me, and one of my favourite directors is Wang Kar Wai.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I believe it's still in my future!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, Belgium, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States

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