CURRENT MISSION

Grace, mercy, truth, love....sprinkled with adventure.

ABOUT ME

I love to travel, see & experience other cultures...tasting crazy foods, meeting interesting people, having adventures...anything outdoorsy...

I am one of the slowest readers on the planet, but am still addicted to books...serious problem with buying books while I still have many yet to be read on my shelf..

Boardgames...Balderdash is my all time favorite.

PHILOSOPHY

Carpe Diem

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I don't have a couch available at the time, but wherever I stay, I make sure to be a clean, helpful guest that someone would be happy to invite back!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I met many interesting people when I lived in Europe for a year, and they all graciously extended a couch for me to stay on...Enrique in Italy even took me on ride around the Coliseum on his scooter! Nigel and Linda in England made me dinner where I had my first experience with brussel sprouts, and gave me a packaged pork & apple pot pie to 'keep the wolf from the door'! Twelve years later, I am still in touch with them. I love connecting with locals and getting to experience a culture from an insider's perspective.

Interests

Hiking, biking, the mountains, the beach, exploring, cooking, tasting weird, unique foods (bacon chocolate is AMAZING), reading...

• culture
• books
• cooking
• chocolate
• exercise
• reading
• traveling
• cycling
• fishing
• hiking
• hunting
• swimming
• beaches
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Hmmm...so many...
The Princess Bride is my all-time favorite...love Shawshank Redemption, Slumdog Millionaire, The Cinderella Man, the original Parent Trap...

Jack Johnson, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Jesse Cook, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Phil Wickham, U2, Third Day, Adele, Taylor Swift, The Lumineers, Need to Breathe, Of Monsters and Men...

The Bible, Unbroken, The Kiterunner, Memoirs of a Geisha, Epicenter, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, High Crimes, Princess by Jean Sassoon...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My favorite travel experience was to the Bolivian wetlands...hunting for an anaconda in the swamps, fishing for and cooking up a piranha, and swimming with pink, freshwater dolphins in the same water as those piranha! Fun, crazy, exciting...
Staying in an open room on a farm in Colombia with no doors was pretty amazing, too!
Hot air balloon ride over the fairy tail chimneys of Cappadocia, Turkey...

Teach, Learn, Share

Diets don't work! Exercise and moderation...

Countries I’ve Visited

Bolivia, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Guatemala, Haiti, Ireland, Israel, Morocco, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Dominican Republic, Spain

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