Caterina

Information de voyage

Actuellement, je suis

Description

Hi! My name is Caterina, I am from Cambridge, England. I am a recently graduated vet at Cambridge University and am now taking a gap year before I work in a mixed species clinic. In the future, after a few years of clinical work, and would like to work in conservation research in the future!

I love travelling and learning from locals how they manage their own projects, picking up skills everywhere and teaching, what I can, to others.

Although i have always lived in the same place i have really enjoyed travelling, doing veterinary placements around the world, meeting new people, eating new food, having the most wonderful exploring other cultures

Centres d’intérêt

Randonnée

Architecture

Sports d'aventure

Nature

Vie en van

Voile / bateau

Photographie

Soin des plantes

Sports nautiques

Dev. durable

Jardinage

Montagne

Langues

Auto-stop

Culture

Bricolage / artisanat

Ferme

Danse

Dessin et peinture

Menuiserie

Camping

Livres

Animaux

Cuisine et alimentation

Plage

Art et design

Langues

Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Espagnol: Intermédiaire
Italien: Intermédiaire
Français: Débutant

Plus de détails sur les langues qui m'intéressent
I love learning new languages so where possible I try to speak languages other than my native English. However, I also know that many people love to learn English so am always willing to help give the British nuances to your English!

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Compétences et connaissances que j'aimerais partager ou apprendre

Ça m'intéresse :  

Jardinage

Bricolage et projets de construction

Entretien général

Éco-projets

Travail associatif

Enseignement

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J'ai des connaissances :  

Aider dans une ferme

Aider à la maison

S’occuper des animaux

Accueil / tourisme

Langues

Projets artistiques

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Je peux apprendre aux autres :  

Préparer les repas / cuisiner pour la famille

Quelles sont vos compétences ?

During the first year of my degree, we had weekly animal handling sessions learning about the basic principles of animal handling of horses, cows, sheep, cats, dogs, poultry, and pigs. In addition to this I have spent many weeks lambing on a farm in Wales, milking cows in Jersey, scraping pig and horse muck in England! Not to mention catching turtles in Costa Rica...

When in Peru and Kenya, I got involved in building projects. We fashioned animal pens out of bamboo, built ladders, cleared paths through forests. Although I am no carpenter or architect, I certainly would love to learn as I have hopes of building my own off-grid home one day!

I have ecological research projects involving Caribbean squid collective behaviour, human-wildlife conflict in Kenya, and turtle parasites in Costa Rica. This has involved field research as well as coding, data analysis and scientific report writing.

At home, my parents have an allotment which I and my sisters help out with during the holidays. My mum is Italian, from a tiny farm in Abruzzo. I've helped harvest the olives, all done by hand, which we then went to the local press to turn it into olive oil, as well as looking after the animals and hiking in the mountains.

I love crafting as well, I always spend my free time painting, crotcheting, needle felting... making little gifts for friends and such.

Finally I love to cook! (..and eat!)

I'd love to learn more about construction and fixing mechanical problems!

Âge

26

Autres infos...

I love games. I get very competitive with Scrabble and Hearts is probably my favourite card game. One of my favourite things about travelling is learning new games from other countries .

I also absolutely ADORE dancing. I started with learning ballet at the age of 6 and since I started University have now developed an obsession with swing, salsa and forro but my all time favourite is a massive ceilidhs where everyone gets involved regardless of level of skill!

I really do love film photography, even so much that I take my old clunky cameras of 120mm, 35mm and even super 8 everywhere I go.

I am is a very basic guitar player, something I picked up over lockdowns (including cartwheeling and whistling with my fingers), and am trying to learn some gypsy jazz and spanish tunes. Apart from that muscially I can just muck around on the piano keys.

Oh, and I love animals! we will happily befriend the scruffiest of stray dogs! I have been known to leave my travelling to go home to family pet emergency. They are worth it.

Informations complémentaires

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  Permis de conduire

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  Allergies
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  Régime alimentaire spécial
  no