Hello :)

I'm Lydia, a 19-year-old college student currently living in the San Francisco Bay Area (and in Los Angeles county when I visit my family). I write poetry and am interested in culture, political science, literature, film, and history. I am studying French , literature, philosophy, and history. I am very open-minded and adventurous.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have always wanted to travel the world!

Interests

• culture
• writing
• literature
• poetry
• indian food
• politics
• music
• classical music
• jazz
• blues
• history
• political science
• food
• turkey
• spain
• middle east
• student
• turkish food
• french food
• greece
• mexican
• eastern europe
• russian literature
• international politics
• classic literature
• balkans
• french movies
• french literature
• indian culture
• english literature
• open minded people
• eastern philosophy
• iranian food

Music, Movies, and Books

I love all kinds of music: classical, blues, experimental... Some favorites are Tinariwen, Fairuz, Death Grips, Prince, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Phil Ochs, Joanna Newsom, Bach, Mozart, Bessie Smith... All over the place, I know.
I love poetry, including: Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine, Rumi, Yeats, e.e. cummings, Sylvia Plath, Nizar Qabbani, Sharon Olds, Billy Collins, Frank O'Hara, Denise Levertov, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti...Too many to name, but many more!
I also love classic novels by Ernest Hemingway, Tolstoy, Proust, etc. And lots of non-fiction, particularly history, political science, and philosophy.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Featured at a local poetry reading

Teach, Learn, Share

I would love to learn from everyone I meet in my travels...

What I Can Share with Hosts

Excitement, appreciation (I will not visit a country without learning about its customs, culture, history, and at least a bit of the language), manners, kindness

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, France, Germany, Mexico, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States