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Overview

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  • Fluent in English; learning French
  • 35, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • I'm a Student at the Universuty of Minesota, where I also...
  • Still in college. Studying Economics and French.
  • From Minneapolis, Minnesota
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To make my self laugh at least once a day while learning about the wold and myself.

ABOUT ME

I'm a very curious and upbeat person. I love reading. I love music and will listen to any type even if I don't know the language being spoken.

I love to cook, I work at a bakery and last year I learned how to decorate cakes, which it one of the most fun things in the world.

I'm a chocoholic, currently looking for the best chocolate cake in Paris.

I'm jewish.

I like to travel but haven't had much of a chance yet I'm hoping to fix that.

PHILOSOPHY

When in doubt laugh, the world is a lot less fun if you take things too seriously and can never laugh at yourself your mistakes or the simple absurdity of situations, as well as the little things.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm new to the community, I'm excited to be able to host people when I get back to the states. Minneasota is lovely if you like snow in the winter, we have great lakes for the summer as well.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

not a ton experience, here and there crashing with friends. I'm a very good and conscious guest, friends have commented on how neat I've left things. I also like to cook for my hosts or something if I have the chance.

Interests

Reading, Music, Movies, Travel, Stories other people tell about their travels I can listen to those(and have) for hours. I like to swim. Back home I babysit a boy named Gabrielle and he is amazing, I love children, he has a new baby sister, I will be living with the family over the summer in exchange for babysitting.

I'm studying economics in school and I could talk to you for hours about economics. I was really involved with the Youth voter registration for the 2008 election.

I love languages, I'm a little slow to pick them up but I hope to be multilingual, I'm currently working on French.

  • cooking
  • chocolate
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • knitting
  • music
  • swimming
  • economics
  • languages
  • lakes

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: I'm a huge fan of anything by F. Scott Fitzgerald, I am rather fond of the Harry potter series, The Kite Runner, the Life of Pi, Pride and Prejudice, and many more...

Music: The Beatles, Flogging Molly, The Killers, Modest Mouse, The Shins, Regina Spektor, The Fray, Weezer A New Found Glory, Disney Soundtracks, Only Son, Voxtrot, Linkin Park, Firewater among others...

Movies: Singing in the Rain, Pan's Labyrinth, Pride and Prejudice, Love Actually, Beauty and the Beast, , Resevoir dogs, Ice age, The Notebook, The Departed, Stop Loss...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Left everything and everyone I know to study French in Paris.

Climbed up Masada.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can decorate cakes. I can knit. I can ice skate. I can speak English, and a little but of French.

Countries I’ve Visited

Israel, Netherlands

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States

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