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Overview

  • 8 references 6 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German; learning French, German
  • 34, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • Living one day at a time
  • University of Toronto
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

❤ AMOR FATI ❤

I am a visual creator and communicator. Culture and language fascinate me and I want to take in all the different people and places to see in this world. That is why I joined CS, to experience more of the world around me.

When I leave the house without my bike I feel naked.

My obsession with style knows no bounds, in particular vintage fashion. I love going to flea markets on the weekend, stalking eBay, and attending clothing swaps.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

The first time I couchsurfed was supposed to be for 1 week. I ended up staying with the host for 1 month, and then in the city for a year. Spontaneity is key!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed:
Sarah - September 2011, Berlin
Matthieu - October 2012, Prague
Julien - October 2012, Paris
Salim - October 2012, Paris

Hosted:
Sarah - January 2012, Berlin
Ryota - January 2012, Berlin
Anna - June 2012, Berlin
Lenny - September 2012, Berlin
Matthieu - September 2012, Berlin
Bethany - September 2012, Berlin
Josh - October 2017, Berlin

Interests

Laughing
Biking
Technology
Sustainability/Off-grid living
Writing/Reading/Literature/Poetry/Etymology
Fashion, Vintage clothing
Conversations
Exploring, Directions (and the ability to ask for directions)
Art (painting, drawing, photography)
Music (could not live without it)
Film
Cultures (history, language, food)
Philosophy
Feminism

  • arts
  • culture
  • writing
  • design
  • graphic design
  • fashion
  • photography
  • diy
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • breakfast
  • coffee
  • politics
  • technology
  • traveling
  • painting
  • music
  • cycling
  • communications
  • history
  • languages
  • sociology
  • feminism
  • berlin
  • toronto

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The Second Sex. The Great Gatsby. Wuthering Heights. Anna Karenina. Siddhartha. The Luminaries. Watchmen. Anything Shakespeare, but mostly the comedies.

Movies: Breathless, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Fountain, Les Glaneurs et la Glaneuse, Romeo + Juliet, Memento, Man With A Movie Camera.

Music: Nina Simone, Earth, Wind + Fire, The Cinematic Orchestra, Wintersleep, Fink, Sade, City + Colour, Feist, Jeff Buckley, Beach House, Broken Social Scene, Portishead, Carole King, Nujabes, Bob Marley, Alice Coltrane, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill... jazz, soul, hip hop, deep house, electronic, downtempo, folk, dub, reggae, it goes on and on.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Watching shooting stars from an abandoned flakturm in Berlin (August 2012)
Hitchhiking solo from Rotterdam to Amsterdam (October 2016)

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: I can teach you how to dance.
Learn: I am open to learning about other cultures, languages, cooking, programming
Share: I can share with you my Canadian hospitality :)

Some topics I like talking about: politics, feminism, climate change, sustainability, media, the internet, sociology, philosophy, people, relationships, consumerism, branding, graphic design, art, painting, photography, history, or anything creative that revolves around society and culture.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A bottle of wine and endless stories

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Germany

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