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Screen name:

samira del alma

Age:

23

Gender:

Female

If you must know:

I'm taken

Travel status:

Traveling now

Hometown:

boston

Currently in:

nantucket

Traveling Next:

west coast

Favorite places I've been:

lisbon, fez, toledo, london, edinburgh, penicuik, san francisco, los angeles, barcelona, cadiz, san gimignano, milan, bologna, mississippi, lago maggiore...

Places I want to go to:

greece, croatia, turkey, france, india, sweden, switzerland, austria, australia, new zealand, botswana, louisiana, seattle, casablanca, argentina, chile, bolivia, paraguay, panama, colombia, mexico, brazil, venezuela, cuba, puerto rico, dominican republic, canary islands, iceland, greenland, northern england, pakistan, oregon, british colombia, vancouver, baja california, arizona, new mexico, colorado, savannah georgia, hawaii, thailand, japan, mongolia, vietnam... anywhere.

About me:

an olive color with some freckles, boasting origins from northern sicily and edinburgh city, i grew low-yielding in the tempestuous new england climate, surrounded by pots of impatients, hydrangeas and lilacs. the beatles watered my roots as i matured, insatiably cultivating any kind of music that motivated me to feel. i love writing, wine, and the ocean. peace.

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I'm fired up on:

speaking spanish, eating, watching people sing to themselves, running, orange, boston terriers, my family, photography, painting, gabriel garcia marquez, nutella, seeing danny julienne, acoustic guitar, lauryn hill beats and fiona apple rhymes.

Tunes I rock out to:

jimi hendrix, lauryn hill, shuggie otis, alicia keys, al green, stevie wonder, dinah washington and billie holiday, justin king, george harrison, achachay, john mayer trio, amos lee, fiona apple. man, it's so endless.

Travel style:

the only way i love to travel is travelling poor.

Quote:

"As the traveler who has once been from home is wiser than he who has never left his own doorstep, so a knowledge of one other culture should sharpen our ability to scrutinize more steadily, to appreciate more lovingly, our own." ~Margaret Mead

Sports I do:

soccer, running, basketball, baseball.

Favorite artist(s):

gustav klimt, anthony bourdain, my mother the gardener, and my father the chef.

Favorite books:

malinche.

Who I'd like to meet on my travels:

peace.

I want to make a difference by:

by being myself. by appreciating what i have. by kindness. by creativity. by showing people how the little things matter the most.

Languages spoken, other than English:

spanish, italian.

I felt the most immersed in a foreign culture when:

i walk faster than the tourists.

Why I travel:

i travel to snap those photographs that no one notices; to taste an entire culture; to learn another language; to see people i haven't met and the ones that have already left; i travel to write.

Ideal place to watch the sunrise:

lisbon on the balcony of a poet's hostel

Ideal place to watch the sunset:

my porch on tom nevers

Before I die I'd like to:

speak portuguese fluently, write a book, sell a work of art, live on a boat, graffiti publicly, smell every flower.

Let's collaborate:

i am a happiness seeker hoping to change the way people read and write. i am looking to share my observations and theories with travel publications to give them something a little refreshing, a little more real, and something soulful.

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right in my back yahd, a quest for the perfect bite.

By samira del alma | Location: United States | 11/06/09 | Pics: 3

just had my home-made cappuccino, with a pinch of cocoa, in my napolitano mug with the lemons on it. sigh. some things you just can't get mad about. even if i am unemployed in the midst of a recesh, smelly from a run, and bloated from the ironic fate of being italian with a wheat...

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Soy una gitana

By samira del alma | Location: United States | 10/16/09 | Pics: 0

Home. It's where the smells of last night's cooking greet you when you walk in the door. It's having the porch light on. It's the bottles and bottles of wine emptied after the reunion. It's the place where sweatpants and bad breath actually have stance. I love home, and my...

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Soy una gitana

By samira del alma | Location: United States | 10/16/09 | Pics: 6

Home. It's where the smells of last night's cooking greet you when you walk in the door. It's having the porch light on. It's the bottles and bottles of wine emptied after the reunion. It's the place where sweatpants and bad breath actually have stance. I love home, and my...

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