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Overview

  • 5 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning French
  • 33, Female
  • Member since 2012
  • Law student
  • Went to school in Canada, Usa, and Colombia
  • From Born in Montreal, raised all over
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Alternatives, Willingness and Ebb and Flow

ABOUT ME

I am an eager learner, patient listener, and curious explorer. I love travelling and have used much of my free time in the last few years to do so. I am very interested in understanding how other cultures embrace life and define what is right/wrong, beautiful/ugly, desirable/undesirable.
Right now, I am on a quest for meaning; I wish to rediscover reasons for dreaming of a better world (whatever that means remains to be seen). I wish to embrace my own abilities and capacity to overcome obstacles and to see the worth of the world around me.

PHILOSOPHY

Porque cada di­a es un comienzo nuevo,
Porque esta es la hora y el mejor momento.
Benedetti

I am practicing mindfulness of the present moment and a focus on participating in my own life while identifying my thoughts, judgements, expectations and feelings.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I believe in sharing with others, profiting from rich cultural encounters and most of all, in the power and energy I receive from knowing I am not alone... there are others around me that care for similar issues, have similar questions and enjoy similar things. That is powerful.

Interests

I love to read historical novels, fiction, short stories, poetry. To practice my french, I have recently developed an appreciation for french film. Concerts, performances and festivals are all plans that I love going too. The best kind of lunch is a picnic in a park, in the mountains, or by the lake. I love to hike and although I'm not the best at it, I also like biking. A good conversation is my ideal afternoon.

  • poetry
  • concerts
  • festivals
  • picnic
  • traveling
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • camping
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Books I really enjoyed reading and authors I recommend:
The Fountainhead
Ficciones
A Suitable Boy
Anna Karennina
Silk
Somerset Maugham
Gioconda Belli
Hermann Hesse
Lolita
To Kill a Mockingbird

Music I like (Im not the best at exploring new artists, etc. and I don't listen to the radio much; Pandora and my friends share their music with me)
Leonard Cohen
Simon and Garfunkel
Beatles
Silvio Rodirguez

Movies (I try to see French films to practice my french)
Away we go
La guerre des boutons
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Scent of a Woman
Au revoir les enfants
Bleu, Blanc, Rouge
American Beauty
Revolutionary Road

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Trekking in Mustang Valley on the Tibetan Plateau to attend Tiji Festival
Road-tripping from Montreal to Seattle over the summer on an old VW camper with my brothers.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A love of learning, a life of discovery. Authenticity in sharing the good, the not so good and the dark corners of what we all go through.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Cambodia, Costa Rica, France, Guatemala, India, Italy, Laos, Mexico, Nepal, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Colombia, Indonesia, United States

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