Arial_27's VirtualTourist Home Page
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Hey all, my name is Kristin and I'm a recent university graduate from Canada who loves to travel. My addiction started after my trip to Sweden in 1999 when I was only 12 years old; I went there for the first time to visit reletives, and loved it so much that I returned in 2000 by myself to see them again. Since then I've taken almost every opportunity I could to visit new places, but I am most keen on chances to immerse myself in other cultures and learn new languages. Languages are a huge hobby of mine, and so ar I speak about 6 of them (some fluently, others conversationally or just at the basic level.) I'm happy to help anyone with English, Swedish, French or Spanish, and I would love to practice any of those, along with German or Korean if anyone is interested!
Otherwise enjoy my pages, and msg me if you have any questions or comments. Happy Traveling =) |
| Hwamyeong, the district of Busan that I live in |
|  | Living in Asia In August 2009, I arrived in South Korea to work for 1 year. I'm living in Busan, which is the southeasternmost tip of the country, and therefore right on the coast with nice beaches. I'm very happy and excited to be here, so expect to see plenty of photos and tip go up about it soon. :) |
I fell in love with Mexico Mexico is an amazing country, if you ever have the chance to travel through the country and see more than just the touristy beaches, I'd highly recommend it. I lived in Mexico City as an exchange student, and the 6 months I spent there were some of the best of my life! I was there from January - June 2008, and went back in October 2008 and July 2009 for visits.
The country is beautiful, and very rich in culture, architecture, gastronomy and art. I am nothing less than in love with it :) | | | Teotihuacan, Mexico, 2008 |
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| | Some Quick Facts about Me:
~I have two younger brothers
~I've been a vegetarian for about a decade
~I'm of Swedish origin
~I grew up in a small town
~I graduated from university with a major in international relations, and a minor in Spanish.
~I'm very much a leftist in politics
~I've always been very keen on learning languages. So far I speak English, Swedish, French, Spanish, some German, and a little bit of Polish. I plan to learn Korean.
~I love ethnic food, especially Japanese, Vietnemese, Thai, Indian, Mexican and Middle Eastern.
~I've always been interested and heavily involved with social activism; mainly ethical treatment to animals, and social equality issues
~Some of my hobbies include snowboarding, dancing, martial arts, doing artwork and scrapbooking, videogames, swimming and of course TRAVELING
~I absolutely love walking and jogging at night. I know its not very wise for a woman to walk alone at night, especially in some places, but I do so quite often where I live and in different cities I've visited - Athens, NYC, Mexico City, etc..
~Favourite TV shows are: Dexter, Six Feet Under, Friends, Veronica Mars and Buffy.
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A Brief Outline of my Travels Countries I've visited:
-Canada: lived there my whole life
-Dominican Republic: 2005
-England: 2007
-France: 2003, 2004
-Germany: 2004
-Guatemala: 2008
-Greece: 2004
-Mexico: 2008, 2009
-Poland: 2007
-South Korea: 2009-2010
-Sweden: 1999, 2000, 2003, 2009
-Switzerland: 2003
-Turkey: 2004
-United States: 1992, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2008
Countries I've lived in:
-Canada
-France
-Mexico
-South Korea
Famous cities I've visited:
-Athens
-Busan
-Los Angeles
-Manchester
-Mexico City
-Montreal
-Munich
-New York City
-Paris
-Stockholm
Famous Cities I've lived in:
-Busan
-Toronto
-Mexico City
Airlines I've flown with:
-Aeromexico
-Air Canada
-Air France
-Air Transat
-American Airlines
-Continental Airlines
-Delta
-Icelandair
-KLM (Dutch airlines)
-Korean Air
-Lufthansa
-Mexicana
-Scandinavian Airlines
-Taca
-U.S. Airways
Upcoming Trips:
-Bejing, China: October 2009
-Japan: December 2009
My wish-list of places to visit:
-Argentina
-Australia
-Austria
-Canada (BC, Alberta, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, NWT, Nunavut)
-China
-Costa Rica
-Cuba
-Denmark
-Ecuador
-Egypt
-Holland
-Hong Kong
-India
-Italy
-Japan
-New Zealand
-Norway
-Peru
-Spain
-South Africa
-Vietnam
-United States (Arizona, Texas, Chicago) | | | School trip to Greece, 2004 |
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| | Some random funny/ inspiring movie quotes: -"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The "hard" is what makes it great.."-A League of Their Own
-"Ever since I started working here, every day has been worse than the one before. That means each time you see me, that's on the worst day of my life." -Office Space
--"I suppose I could be pissed about what happened to me. But its hard to stay mad when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once and it's too much...And then it flows through me like rain. And I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life." -American Beauty
-"So now I know what I have to do. I have to keep breathing. And tomorrow the sun will rise, and who knows what the tide may bring."Cast Away.
-"You think that's bad? I owe 100 grand to a fat-ass loan shark which I spent on a stripper named Molly Mounds." -Armageddon
-"God is just an evil kid with a magnifying class on an ant hill and right now he has it pointed on me!" -Bruce Almighty
-"You know when you're telling these little stories? Here's a good idea: have a point. It makes it so much more interesting for the listener! ." -Planes, Trains and Automobiles
-"If I've learned anything, it's that you should have the people who love you around for as long as you can." -Sweet November
-"Don't die Shrek! And if you see any long tunnels - stay away from the light!" -Shrek |
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balhannah Sun Nov 8, 2009 05:23 UTC
Love your opening photo! you are the featured member at the moment. Regards, Dee | JohnniOmani Sun Oct 4, 2009 02:00 UTC
Great to see NS is on your wish list ;) | xdescendx Wed Jul 29, 2009 20:36 UTC
You have some great pics/pages here!! Greets from New Jersey. | Swades Tue Jun 30, 2009 04:42 UTC
sorry for late wish. Many-2 returns of happy days. wish your dreamcoem true...love and smile..vivek |
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