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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
@lacey-thiessen
Member since 2017
My passions include history, architecture, storytelling, music, and just being generally outdoorsy :) I love to laugh and experience new things, I genuinely like people and love turning strangers into friends!
Interested in Adventure Sports
Interested in Art
Interested in Beer
Fluent in English
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
I love to meet new people! One of the most unique experiences of traveling is meeting all kinds of people and learning a little about the way they live :) I sort of feel like if you travel to a new place and don't plug into the local culture, did you *really* travel there? I'm not simply travelling to snap that perfect Instagram pic, I want to dig in and experience EVERYTHING that a place has to offer, and meeting people is a huge part of that!
Music, Movies, and Books
I can get into pretty much anything, I've recently discovered the magic of vinyl and it changed my life. Nothing beats live music I like rock, singer/songwriter, acoustic, electro, pop, rap, blues, old country, classic rock, bluegrass, folk, classical, film scores... Lately I'm really into Canadian bands like Our Lady Peace, The Glorious Sons, One Bad Son, The Arkells I'm a die-hard Britney fan, fight me ;) Imagine Dragons, Sia, Lorde, My #1 favourite recording artist is a Canadian pop songwriter/musician named Lights. I'm more into TV shows than movies, I truly think we're living in the Golden Age of television: Mad Men, Brooklyn 99, love to fall asleep to Bob Ross Netflix. If it's not on Canadian Netflix, I haven't seen it. Love Netflix Originals like Orange is the New Black, Glow, Stranger Things Books....I have an English Lit degree, so I basically spent 4 years and thousands of dollars just to read and write I like short stories, basically any classic (Bronte sisters, Dickens, Jane Austin, Bram Stoker, ) Sci-Fi, Fantasy, realistic fiction, historical fiction, horror.... I do enjoy reading poetry, as long as it has something to say I don't enjoy reading anything post-modern, but I love discussing it Love Tolkien, Margaret Atwood (a Canadian writer, probably my favourite), Virginia Woolf, C.S. Lewis I'm not a snob, I also love Harry Potter, Hunger Games, popular fiction.
One Amazing Thing I've Done
I wrote an article for a popular travel blog that's been shared 1000s of times :)
Teach, Learn, Share
I can offer English language practice - reading and writing I have an ESL certificate, which qualifies me to teach English as a foreign language. I have worked at a university to help international students improve their writing skills for university level English I can sing you a song, tell you a story, make you laugh. Teach you some of the songs we sing around the campfire in Canada
What I Can Share With Hosts
I have a lively spirit and I'm up for any adventure! I'll probably make you laugh. I love to sing and make music My husband is good at fixing things...