CURRENT MISSION

To be a winner at life.

ABOUT ME

I am an English primary school teacher in Orleans, France. During my vacations, I travel with the goal of adding all European countries to my list. I grew up in Boston (USA)and other parts of the world. There are very few places in the world I wouldn't want to visit for a few days.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm new.

Interests

Chocolate, pastries, food, travel, photographs, languages, politics, literature, law, psychology, human rights and international development issues...

• literature
• human rights
• dining
• chocolate
• politics
• traveling
• hinduism
• teaching
• languages
• law
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies (perhaps a strange variety): The Princess Bride, Pride and Prejudice (BBC), Anne of Green Gables, The Little Princess, The Goonies, The Breakfast Club, The Outsiders,Office Space, Little Miss Sunshine, Life is Beautiful, Braveheart, Children of Paradise, 400 Blows, Diner de Cons, The Cutting Edge, Disney's Robin Hood and The Lion King...

Music: Tom Waits, Jeff Buckley, Tracy Chapman, Steve Miller Band, Van Morrison, Counting Crows, Dar Williams, Dixie Chicks, Indigo Girls, Bob Marley, Fall Out Boy...almost anything.

Books: Jane Eyre, The Joy Luck Club, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Great Expectations, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Alchemist, Angela's Ashes, Cry, the Beloved Country, Petit Prince, My Name is Asher Lev, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Stood at the junction of the Himalayas, Hindu Kush and Karakorams.

Countries I’ve Visited

Afghanistan, Canada, China, Gibraltar, Malaysia, Pakistan, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United Arab Emirates, United States