CURRENT MISSION

Tokyo or bust!

ABOUT ME

I work on ships and I do a lot of yoga.

I love conversation, laughing, creativity, food, making food, making good food, I love colors, old dishes, wine, bikes, things that dont match, the color red, basketball, the ocean, the smell of the sea (I think it smells like soap, soap makers were dead-on with 'sea breeze' or 'ocean splash' scents), writing, creative writing, wine, anything vintage, mechanics, terry cloth bathrobes, british comedy, angry music, big band music, war history, live music, most music, singing, dancing, the mountains, hiking, climbing, surfing, swimming, water, travelling, meeting people, people-watching, thrift stores, shoes, dressing up, dressing like a slob, big smiles, zuchinni, yams, small cars, old movies - classics, comedies, first aid, lamps, dogs and cats, spontaneity, sunshine...

PHILOSOPHY

What goes around comes around.
Treat people how you want to be treated.
Be yourself and let others be themselves.
Step up to opportunity.
Be happy.
Honestly is the best policy.
Life is short.
Live free.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I would like to offer my place and time to people traveling where I live. If I am not at sea, or not traveling I will at the very least meet up for a coffee or give advice about where I call home.

I love the idea of traveling to a new place and not just seeing the place but meeting the people who live there. Couchsurfing allows you be in a city as if you live there.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have slept on hardwood floors, on peoples couches, once on a football field.... and on many ships. More formally:

September 9th-11th, 2007 - Rouen, France with Sebastien Puaud.
April 28th-30th, 2008 - hosted Florent Bouvier.
August 23-25th, 2008 - hosted Hanjo Fritzsche
March 31st - April 3rd, 2009 - Berlin, Germany with Arnas Braeutigam
April 2009 - Vienna, Austria with Michaela Mayer-Daniels
April 2009 - Vienna, with Moe and Gela
May 2009 - Munich with Sofia Gros and WInni
May 2009 - Annecy, France with Florent Bouvier and his family.
September 2009 - hosted Chris Jardin
September 2009 - hosted Daniel Corsini and his friend Jason
November 2009 - hosted Jason Lamarch
November 2009 - hosted Brenda Coutts and her boyfriend Graham
November 14th, 2009 - hosted Nathanielle Matias-Mote.
January 10th -12th, 2010 - hosted Remi Staquet.
April 26th - 28th, 2010 - hosted Gerardo Corro
April 29th, 2010 - hosted Kiva Bottero
May 2nd-4th, 2010 - hosted Barbara Gutsche and Jochen Schlobohm
May 3rd-5th, 2010 - hosted Sarah Esturgie
April 28th -30th, 2011 - hosted Beth and Lauren
May 8th - 9th, 2011 - hosted Diego Barra
And more!

Interests

Travel, mechanics, sewing, music, outdoors, water, reading, cooking, conversation, history, yoga, art, new adventures, vintage lamps..., vintage anything, riding my bike, meeting new people.

• cats
• dogs
• arts
• humanities
• writing
• singing
• coloring
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• coffee
• yoga
• thrifting
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• cars
• socializing
• music
• live music
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• kayaking
• surfing
• skydiving
• basketball
• rock climbing
• soccer
• swimming
• teaching
• history
• mathematics
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Braveheart, Napoleon Dynamite, Garden State, Gone With the Wind, The English Patient. Not a movie - The Office (british and american), Mad Men, and Band of Brothers.
Music: Silversun Pickups, Jack White, Metric, Brand New, The Mars Volta, Death Cab, My Chemical Romance, Modest Mouse, People in Planes, Matt Mays and El Torpedo, Queen, Charlie Winston, MGMT, The Beatles, Jazz in General
Books: it is hard to have a favourite. Basically anything well written, war history, non-fiction for the most part...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Skydiving.

Once whilst canoing I saved a dog from drowning when he fell through the ice.

Getting a tour of Soviet Era Russian Coast Guard Ship.

The Eiffel Tower.

Carrying my $1 couch up the stairs to my third floor apartment with only the help of Tara - who is small like me.

Hiking to 5000m on Cotopaxi Volcano in Ecuador.

I have sailed on the Pacific, the Atlantic, the Arctic, the North Sea, and the Mediterrean Sea.

Hiking 75km in 5 days in Peru and seeing Machu Picchu.

Surfing in Costa Rica.

I think visiting any new place is amazing.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am a yoga student and a yoga teacher.
I want to learn French and Spanish.
I love to learn to cook new and different things.
I am good at math.
I am slowly becoming better at sewing.
I want to kayak and rock climb...more than just a few times.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Italy, Netherlands

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