My name is Gabriella 🙂. I’m a curious, fun, and thoughtful woman from Melbourne. I’m a self-employed physiotherapist/business manager. I love listening to music (reggae, rock, indie trance etc) and going to music festivals. I’m also into camping, the beach and doing outdoorsy stuff. I love playing sport: particularly netball, tennis, cycling, swimming, running and triathlon. Other things I’m into: arts and crafts, making pop up cards, birthdays, circus/magic, travelling, meeting people from different walks of life, improving my French...

And my name is Eliza :) I don't have my own profile but I'm travelling with Gabriella this trip. I'm a high school maths teacher (but I like to think I'm not totally boring) and I'm studying philosophy/literature part time. I met Gabriella playing netball, and I also play Australian football and tennis. I play piano not very well but for fun, and Chopin is my favourite composer. I haven't been travelling since before covid so I have an absurd level of excitement to see new things and meet new people again.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet new people and get a more genuine feel for the areas I visit and their people and culture. Because sharing is fun and makes sense! I am yet to host as I have only discovered couch surfing whilst travelling, but look forward to hosting when I’m in a position to do so!

Interests

• music festivals
• dancing
• cooking
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• camping
• sports
• tennis
• psychology
• beaches
• french

Music, Movies, and Books

Gabriella: Radiohead, Jungle, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Arcade Fire, Rage Against the Machine, Tool, Chopin, Yeah yeah yeahs, Prodigy, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Groundnation, Bob Marley, Lauryn Hill
Movies: Incendies, Stranger than Fiction, Run Lola run, Shawshank Redemption, Lion King, Cool Runnings
Books: don’t read nearly as much as I’d like to unfortunately. The Magic of Reality by Dawkins in picture book format is pretty up my alley.

Eliza: Nearly all my favourite authors are Australian; Helen Garner, Amy Witting, Tim Winton, Peter Goldsworthy. I am also having a big modernist craze at the moment: T.S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf, Gertrude Stein etc. I love finding new titles/authors to add to my reading list too!
Music: I like sad girl music but also disco/pop music. Angel Olsen, Taylor Swift, Mitski, Britney, Marina, Miley etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Helicopter over Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe 🤩 🚁

Teach, Learn, Share

Can give you tips on hosting excellent birthday parties.
Keen to learn swing dancing, French and magic tricks.
Share ideas, jokes, laughs, games, drinks/meal

What I Can Share with Hosts

Good sense of humour. Silly dance moves. Bad singing. Physio tips. Cooked meals. Pleasant company. Thoughtful touches.
My awesome friend Eliza, who I’ll be travelling with June/July 2023.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Cambodia, Croatia, Egypt, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia