CURRENT MISSION

To see the world.

ABOUT ME

I love exploring places, meeting new people, and discovering the world as I live in it. I love anything to do w/ art, music, travel, and being outside. I spent a couple semesters abroad in Paris during my college years, taught English in Bretagne for two years, tried to make it in big-city Washington, DC, spent a couple months in London and Hamburg. I'm currently living and working in Chicago at a French-language school. I'm still, and always will be, drawn to my true home of Northern Michigan, and hope to once again settle there one day.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far, so good.

Interests

travel, art, photography, craft beer, dance, music, ethnic cuisine, design, nature, camping, wine, backpacking, crafts, hiking, exploring, enjoying scenery, meteor showers, going to the ballet, thrift stores, peace, wearing scarves Parisian-style, sustainability, folk gigs, the coast

• arts
• design
• photography
• dancing
• ballet dancing
• wine
• beer
• crafts
• thrifting
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• hunting
• snorkeling
• tourism
• mountains

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

lived in Paris for a semester and again over the summer... studied West African music & dance in Guinea... hired a local guide & went hiking in the Haut Atlas mountains in Morocco... lived, survived, and thrived in Bretagne as a teaching assistant for two years... snorkeling and getting a crazy sunburn in St John... epic beer-tasting weekends in Portland, San Diego, St Louis, Madison... and pretty much every weekend spent Up North with my family, around a campfire, listening to the spring peepers, hunting morel mushrooms, and taking in the oh, so fresh air.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Guinea, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United Kingdom, United States

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