I see people as classrooms and believe that we all gain knowledge through different perspectives - so I see letting "strangers" into my life easy and beneficial.

I see myself as an open-minded, boldly vulnerable, empathetic, honest, caring, considerate, kooky, enthusiastic, friendly, and funny person - BUT I'm also an introvert which means that if I've been around too many people or an overstimulated environment for too long (unrelated: chewing loudly/mouth sounds), I become reclusive and grumpy. So I definitely need alone time in a quiet space to recharge my batteries. I wasn't about to only put the good things about me on here - that wouldn't be honest.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've been shown amazing generosity through my travels and would like to give back. Usually travelers tend to have a somewhat similar mindset which makes it easier to relate and trust.

Interests

self-improvement, music (alternative-indie-blues-rock-soul-acoustic-folk), languages, spirituality, guitar, health, fruit, humor

• traveling
• music
• guitar
• psychology
• vegetarian food
• stand up comedy
• songwriting
• philosphy
• herbal tea

Music, Movies, and Books

Ryan Adams, Beach House, Modest Mouse, Band of Skulls, Sam Cooke, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sufjan Stevens, Brand New, Blink 182, The Black Keys, Pixies, Jeff Buckley, Atmosphere, etc.

Dumb and Dumber, Elf, Wayne's World, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Documentaries, Nature, the IT crowd, the inbetweeners

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I'm not religious but I participated in Ramadan in a non-Muslim country (fasting from sunrise to sunset for 1 month) which isn't all that amazing considering millions of people in the world do it.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bulgaria, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Scotland, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United States, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, Germany, Japan, United States