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Overview

  • 1 reference
  • Fluent in French, Hebrew (modern), Italian, Spanish
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2016
  • Tour Guide and Photographer
  • BA History, MA Diplomacy, culinary school
  • From New York City
  • Profile 80% complete

About Me

I'm a tour guide and photographer living in Tel Aviv. I grew up in NYC, did an undergrad in history in Montreal, went to culinary school in France before moving to Israel and doing an MA in diplomacy. I worked jobs in a dozen fields before uniting my skills in tourism.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet interesting people

Interests

Sci-fi, country music, Rock and Roll, foreign languages, politics, geography, geology, history, philosophy, philology, religion,

  • cooking
  • politics
  • music
  • country music
  • geography
  • geology
  • history
  • languages
  • religion
  • tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Waylon Jennings, the Beatles, the Byrds, Bob Dylan, CCR, Big Momma Thorton, the Carter Family, James Brown, Mo-Town (most of it), Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Aretha Franklin, Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Arcade Fire, Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs, Merle Haggard, Joni Mitchell

Star Trek - all of 'em, series, movies, all of 'em

Dune, Stranger in a Strange Land, No Exit, the Symposium, the Republic, the Dispossessed, the Iliad and the Odyssey, Ulysses, the Divine Comedy, the Bible

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I spoke 10 languages by the time I was 19

Teach, Learn, Share

See above

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook for you and photograph your home for future advertisement

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Cambodia, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Jordan, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, United States

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