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Overview

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  • Fluent in English; learning French, German, Hungarian, Spanish
  • 42, Female
  • Member since 2006
  • a student to be, again
  • undergrad at USF in performing arts and social justice
  • From Born in Germany, grew up in North Carolina, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

My mission is to promote community and local travel, to keep consumption down and to travel immersion style, to meet new folks and to welcome people to my part of the world

ABOUT ME

I am heading out to Boulder to start graduate school at Naropa in the fall. This summer was spent interning with outward bound wilderness in oregon and climbing and rafting on days off. I am 26 and am good natured, reflective and creative. I like to be silly and ridiculous and make a party wherever I am. I value good interactions and meaningful conversations.. and I want to learn how to aerial dance...

PHILOSOPHY

Walt Whitman says it best

"Afoot and light hearted I take to the open road,
Healthy, free, the world before me,
The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose.

Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good-fortune,
Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing,
Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms,
Strong and content I travel the open road."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I don't have any couchsurfing experience as of yet. I am kind of shy and would like to put myself out there through couchsurfing and meeting other folks.

Interests

Performance! Contact improv, somatic dancing, butoh, political theater, experimental theater
The Wild! Being and living outdoors, observing nature work, climbing, rafting, mountaineering, trekking
Teaching! developing experiential and creative teaching skills
learning banjo, fermenting things and eating them, dancing and running amock.

  • theater
  • performing arts
  • dancing
  • baking
  • yoga
  • running
  • partying
  • traveling
  • bouldering
  • outdoor activities
  • mountaineering
  • rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

I like swashbuckler films - Pirates of the Carribean, Harry Potter love, Spirited Away, eastern European films, David Lynch, Trueblood, and a Battlestar Galactica geek.
I often find myself in the young adult fantasy section of the library. I love the fantasticalness: H.Potter, Ender's Game, Dharma bums, Gary Snyder, Jack London, Whalt Whitman.
Music is a big one- old timey bluegrass, folk, hip hop, indie, garage punk, roma music, and anything else that comes my way.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I summited Mt. Hood attached to a rope team and slept on snow for two and a half weeks.

Teach, Learn, Share

share: baking skills, contact improvisation lessons, spine alignment, can give reiki, juice.

learn: yoga, plant care- any sustainable living skills, experiential teaching approaches, wild crafting, how to survive in the wild, medicinal and edible plant lore.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Hungary, United States

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