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Overview

  • 47 references 18 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Hebrew (modern)
  • 42, Female
  • Member since 2012
  • Manager in hightech
  • BA in Psychology, BA in Music
  • From Kiryat Bialik, Haifa District, Israel
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About Me

At the moment I cannot host.
However, if you want to hang out in Tel Aviv, I can meet you for coffee, food, or show you around town.

CURRENT MISSION

♦ Enjoy life to the fullest
♦ Eat the best food every city has to offer
♦ Create experiences and make memories

ABOUT ME

I'm a happy person from Tel Aviv. I'm a product manager in high-tech and spend hours around computers all day, but I love meeting new people, exploring new places and new cultures.

I'm also a real foody! I love trying new stuff and showing you to the best places in town.

PHILOSOPHY

Don't judge :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

HANGING OUT
I enjoy meeting locals when I'm traveling, and I'm happy to meet travelers to Tel Aviv and Israel, show you around or meet for drinks.

HOSTING
I can host sometimes if it works out, but for me there's only one reason to host someon, and that's whether I can see us becoming friends after. If there's no connection coming out of it, then what's the point?
So you can imagine that hosting requests saying things like "Don't worry, you won't even notice that I am there" or "I just need a place to sleep and we don't need to hangout" are pointless. And in my opinion someone that sends such a request doesn’t really get Couchsurfing :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I met a few locals in my last trip to Amsterdam through couchsurfing, which was great!
I met many locals in San Francisco who showed me around and took me to awesome restaurants - it was so much fun.
In Barcelona I organized a big CS event (about 40 people arrived), and met many fellow travelers and some locals. I've made some really good friends there!
Whenever I travel I try to meet with locals and explore with fellow travelers.
I love meeting up with tourists coming to visit Tel Aviv or locals living in cities I travel to.

I've made so many great new friends through Couchsurfing :)

Interests

Singing and watching movies, love music, tv, books, sports, and food, food, food :)

  • books
  • dining
  • drinking
  • technology
  • movies
  • tv
  • traveling
  • music
  • food

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: I'm a real movies fan. Here's a quick list of some great movies that come to mind:
The life of David Gale, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Fargo, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, (500) Days of Summer, No Country for Old Men, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Big Lebowski, American Beauty, Inglourious Basterds, Fight Club, The Illusionist, Magnolia, Pleasantville, The Prestige, Tropic Thunder, Zodiac, The Secret Life of Words and so many more...

TV shows: Breaking Bad, Dexter, Mad Men, Fargo, True Detective, Game of Thrones, Sons of Anarchy, The Wire, Homeland, and others :)

Music - Yes, please! Here are a few examples for songs I really like:
You Lost Me / Geva Alon
Hang Me Up to Dry / Cold War Kids
Sour Times / Portishead
Stolen Dance / Milky Dance
Home / Edward Sharpe
Eyes On Fire / Blue Foundation

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I took a year off from work and spent it traveling, hosting couch-surfers and learning French. It was amazing :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach Hebrew, English and un peu French. I'm always on the lookout for French speaking friends :)
I Also know a lot about food, and know lots of good places to eat at.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can tell you about Israel, Judaism., the high-tech scene in Israel, and of course, Food!

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Israel

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