Summer, Student Adventurer and Budding Author

Summer comes from a big city in a huge country – Beijing, China. She has been to nearly a dozen countries in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia. Right now she is busy with schoolwork but as soon her freedom returns, she wants to explore the Middle East and Africa. Not very athletically inclined, Summer loves traveling in trains, subways, and cruising ships, but has so far contented herself with planes and tour buses.

As a proud solo traveler, Summer wishes herself to be more brave and adventurous -- her ultimate dream is to go couch surfing, but, as with many aspiring couch surfers, her family and friends are skeptical (couch surfing by yourself? Are you insane?). Summer enjoys occasional chats with friendly strangers on her wanders, especially ones with no dull small talk.

Summer has a great interest in art and cultural history, but she also has a terrible memory for numbers and dates, which is one of the reasons she has a philosophy major rather than a history one. However, she loves to visit museums, cathedrals and galleries, pretending to be artistically sophisticated. Her top 3 dream cities to visit are: Firenze in Italy, Jerusalem in Israel, and Kyoto in Japan.