I come from a small city in Ontario, Canada, which is where I've lived most of my life. However, traveling is a serious passion of mine and I've spent the majority of my life as of late living abroad. The rush of seeing new places, experiencing new cultures and meeting new people is important to me and I do my best to embrace living outside my usual 'comfort zone'.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Having learned of Couchsuring through some reliable friends, I decided to join the experience. Being on Couchsurfing requires an openness and positiveness that is infectious, I feel. The generally shared sense of openness, positiveness and interest in complete strangers from members here is really special and I am glad to be able to meet people who share in creating this great community :)

Interests

I'm very much interested in sports (largely football/soccer and basketball). I am very passionate about music and films as well. I highly value in depth conversation on political, cultural and societal issues, and I also enjoy philosophizing and thinking the day away on occasion.

• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• knitting
• music
• sports
• basketball
• soccer
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Anything Kurosawa or Ghibli, classic cinema, occasional action films and DOCUMENTARIES!

Music:
I can't say I love any band/genre more than any other as I tend to mix it up often. Some names include: The Band, Animal Collective, Air, Tallest Man on Earth, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, Holy Fuck, YMO and Ryuichi Sakamoto.

Books:
Feet of the Chameleon, Africa United, Dead Aid, The Fix: Soccer and Organized Crime, Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, Norwegian Wood to name a few.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Volunteering and living in a host family and being a (temporary) member of a small rural Kenyan town and becoming part of such a caring, interested, close knit and socially active community.

Teach, Learn, Share

In striving to understand the world and people in it, it's important to share and learn from one another to gain a better understanding of ourselves in the world and in the human condition, in general. In doing so, I feel that there is great value in learning and sharing experiences in life. I hope that we can share a bit about ourselves and create some positive energy in the world!

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malta, Myanmar, Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Kenya, Viet Nam