CURRENT MISSION

Enjoying the life I've worked so hard for, and not forgetting to still enjoy traveling!

ABOUT ME

I'm a Canadian veterinarian, living in the beautiful Grey/Bruce county in Ontario, Canada. I lived in Edinburgh for 5 years while doing my veterinary degree and got a taste for traveling the world!

I love to be outdoors and enjoy hiking, exploring, anything that involves water (but especially scuba diving and sailing). It's probably obvious that I also love animals - I have a beautiful dog and 2 cats.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I spent 4 weeks traveling around Europe while I was in vet school and absolutely loved the surfing world! While I don't live in a particularly popular part of the world to see, I'm a short drive from some of Ontario's best sites! I'm happy to host if you're looking to explore some of Ontario's beautiful spots.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've had a few surfing experiences and they were absolutely fantastic! I love it! I can't wait to return the favor and host people myself, and also look forward to future couch surfing experiences.

Interests

Anything to do with water: Scuba diving, swimming, boating/sailing, sitting on a beach/lake shore. Am slowly learning how to Kitesurf, but its a slow process!

Outdoors: Hiking, Camping, anything really.

Reading (anything), Music (anything except rap/metal... don't play music unfortunately). And meeting new people/traveling to new destinations.

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Country, Pop, Rock, the list goes on... Basically anything goes except rap/heavy metal. I'll usually listen to anything at least once.

Movies: World's Fastest Indian, Shawshank Redemption, Fried Green Tomatoes, Pride and Prejudice, Invictus, basically any chick flick, action, usually pretty easy to please.

Books: Anything I can read that grabs my attention in the first few pages. I love reading, and don't think I could pick any particular favorites....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The northern lights on a clear night in Alberta, Canada where there was also an amazing harvest moon and you could see every star in the sky.

The decision to leave my family for 5 years to pursue my dream of becoming a vet by living in Scotland - the people I've met and places while living in the UK have truly enriched my life!

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm an excellent Euchre tutor (fantastic card game, which requires 4 people, invite some friends round and I'll teach you how to play). I also passionately love my country, so anything you want to know about Canada and I will do my best to teach you what I know. There are some things I can cook reasonably well, and am happy to cook for hosts/surfers equally - I love to cook for people and have people round for dinner :)

I would love to learn some new languages, even if just enough to get me by on my travels. I also want to see how other people live in different parts of the world.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, South Africa, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, United Kingdom