CURRENT MISSION

Experience other cultures while being a good representative ofKentucky/the US/the human race

ABOUT ME

American living in Austria, teaching English. Currently live in Wien but my life is in transition, as I may be moving back home to the States. When it is sorted out, I will start hosting couch surfers.

While still in Europe, I hope to bicycle the length of the Danube and the Rhine, and would be eternally grateful to anyone who could spare a couch, space on the floor or a patch of grass.

PHILOSOPHY

“Treue zu sich selbst und Güte zu anderen” (Being faithful to yourself and doing good to others).

We are what we do.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Just joined CS recently. Currently wish to try it out/Give good references to CS host and build up my own references before opening up my own couch. See above.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Done my share of couchsurfing and hosting people even though I've only just signed up on CS.com.

Usually travel with a sleeping bag (and even a tent) so all I need is a safe space of floor or grass.

Interests

Languages, literature, traveling (especially by bicycle), writing, photography

• writing
• literature
• photography
• traveling
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Some favorite books:
"Steppenwolf" by Hermann Hesse
"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" by James Joyce
"A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
"Don Quixote" by Cervantes
Kurt Vonnegut

Some favorite albums:
Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective
Music has the right to children - Boards of Canada
Selected Ambient Works II - Aphex Twin
Solo Piano - Philip Glass
Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
Feed the Animals - Girl Talk
Homework - Daft Punk
Abbey Road

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Bicycled across the US.

Teach, Learn, Share

Know something about:
English as Second Language/Englisch als Fremdsprache
Literature
Creative Writing
History

Would like to know:
More about the above.
Remember forgotten French ability.
Learn new languages, such as Spanish, Germanic languages and pretty much any other.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, United States