CURRENT MISSION

To endlessly enrich the senses!

ABOUT ME

I am a 22 year old teaching English to high schoolers in Lyon, France, and I just finished my Bachelors degree at Pitzer College in Claremont, CA. I spent spring 2010 abroad in Nantes, France and then traveled and farmed during the summer. I love traveling and meeting new people! I love languages, children, animals, teaching, learning, being outside, meeting new people, wandering- going on jaunts and backpacking, exploring, listening to music, etc

PHILOSOPHY

Lots to look forward to

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I aim to promote the CS community with good energy and a caring mentality toward the organization.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I <3 couchsurfing.

I have had a lot of experience camping and backpacking, and I love meeting new people in new environments.

Interests

watching movies (particularly ones before my lifetime)
backpacking and hiking
swimming in lakes and oceans,
arts and craftsing,
practicing bikram and any form of yoga,
cooking (baking in particular),
playing pictionary, scrabble, cards, etc..

• animals
• arts
• cooking
• baking
• yoga
• movies
• traveling
• knitting
• music
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• swimming
• languages
• lakes

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies
jules et jim, the diving bell and the butterfly, winged migration, the departed, fried green tomatoes, le fabuleux destin d'amelie poulain, harold and kumar, the shining, city of god.

Music
animal collective, the arcade fire, beach house, bob dylan, broken social scene, chopin, dirty projectors, edith piaf, hercules & love affair, hot chip, junior boys, notorious b.i.g, RJD2, simon and garf, stevie wonder, talking heads, tchaikovsky, tv on the radio, wilco, yeasayer.

Books
the history of love, extremely loud and incredibly close, to kill a mocking bird, the story of may, the aeneid.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I biked up the tallest mountain in Massachusetts summer '09 (and I am not a biker...)!

Teach, Learn, Share

Making awesome homemade greeting cards,Knitting,working with kids, babysitting, frolicking

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Costa Rica, Guadeloupe, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States

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