CURRENT MISSION

Carpe Diem

ABOUT ME

I'm crazy enough to think I can change the world.

PHILOSOPHY

Quand j'etais petit, je n'etais pas grand. Je montrais mes fesses à tous les passant!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host when I can. I've surfed a few times, too, but it has been a few years!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've couch surfed in France, twice. Both times were awesome! I've hosted a couple of times too, all great experiences.

Interests

Music! The outdoors (biking, rock climbing, hiking, etc). Traveling and language. Avoiding death while facing it straight on.

• culture
• wine
• boating
• traveling
• music
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• sports
• rock climbing
• world cup
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

AC/DC, Aerosmith, The Allman Brothers Band, Artic Monkeys, B'z, B.B. King, Ben Folds, Ben Folds Five, Ben Kweller, Billy Joel, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, Cake, Cheap Trick, Chicago, The Clash, Cold Play, Counting Crows, Cream, CCR, The Darkness, DMB, Derek and the Dominos, Dire Straits, The Doors, The Eagles, Clapton, Franz Ferdinand, Grateful Dead, Iron Butterfly, Jack Johnson, Jet, Jethro Tull, Hendrix, JHE, Buffet, John Coltrane, Lennon, John Mayer, John Williams, J. Cash, Led Zep, Skynyrd, Miles Davis, Nice Inch Nails, Nickel Creek, Oasis, Pearl Jam, Peter Frampton, Pink Floyd, Phish, The Postal Service, Radiohead, The Rapture, RHCP, Santana, Robert Johnson, Spin Doctors, Steely Dan, Steve Miller, Sublime, Tenacious D, Tom Jobin, Tom Petty, Van Morrison, The White Stripes, Wilco, The Who, Yes.... etc.

Lord of the Rings, SuperBad, V for Vendetta
Lord of War, Juno, Across the Universe

Da Vincci Code, Foundation Trilogy, Harry Potter, 1984, LOTR, etc

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've hiked the Grand Canyon. I have drank Caipirinhas on top of Pão de Açucar, I've meditated in a Japanese temple, and I have been to some of the largest and coolest cities on Earth (Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, São Paulo, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, Paris, Amsterdam!, Berlin), and with that I have learned that small towns have just as much to offer as a city with 18 million people. I motorcycled in the carribean, bribed border guards, and practiced voudou. Learned to surf on the black beaches of New Zealand, and worked for a summer in a downtown skyscraper in Chicago. I have driven across the US in an old sports car. Once I had to hitchhike from Spain to France because a volcano shut down all the air traffic in Europe and the all the French train drivers were on strike!

I've done things like boating up the Rio Negro (in the Brazilian Amazon) and several amazing trips to and around Dresden, Germany, easily the coolest city in Europe. Portugal is way up there too, though. Sipping Port Wine in Vila Nova de Gaia while watching the sun set over the Douro River, backdropped by the World Heritage city of Oporto is really. Freaking. Awesome.

I lived in Haiti for 13 months. France for 6. Brazil for 11. Paraguay for 3. Summer 2014, I spent six weeks traveling around Brazil for the World Cup. The coolest thing I have ever done in my life was spending three days hiking and camping in the Brazilian National Park called Chapada Diamantina. It's like the Grand Canyon, but with a rainforest at the bottom. Epic.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you anything you want to know about my culture, and I want to know everything there is to know about another.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, Denmark, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, France, Haiti, Paraguay, United States