CURRENT MISSION To find the Canadian dream.. ABOUT ME My name is Mark Szwender and I am 26 years old. My father took me traveling since I was very young and it's how I learned to love travelling so much! I am a musician, I play guitar both acoustic and electric - just finished and released my first solo album! I am interested in meeting new people and experiencing new cultures around the world. I love to laugh, be creative and have fun! Anything else just ask and I shall tell. :) PHILOSOPHY I believe that success is really just the equivalent of survival.
Interested in Adventure Sports
Interested in Hockey
Fluent in English
Learning Spanish
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I will be traveling Europe in June-2012 and will be looking for couch surfing HOSTS in France, Germany and Poland. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE So far it has been fantastic!!
Music, Movies, and Books
Music - Bob Dylan Bob Marley, The Doors, Hendrix, Floyd, Beatles, Sam Roberts, Zepp, Radiohead, Cold Play, Deer Tick, The Kinks, Johnny Cash.. Movies - Clock Work Orange, From Hell, Fargo, Transiberia, The Shining.. Books - Eleven Minutes, The Alchemist, One Flew Over The Cookoo's Nest, Straw Men..
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Graduate from University.. I never thought it would happen!! Accepted into Grad School - Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology
Teach, Learn, Share
Taught English in Brazil for 6 months in 2011
My Interests
Music, guitar, soccer, hockey, scuba diving, psychology, singing, learning new things every day!