I am a 50 year old widower from San Diego CA (Originally Syracuse NY) that is embarking on my very first global adventure SOLO. My late wife Alicia and I had a vison of traveling the world. My goal is to finish our plan. We have traveled to 9 countries previously but I realized we visited a major city or two but really never experienced the countries. Now I plan to slow down. My idea is to spend 30 days in each country and do my best to explore as much as possible. I came up with the idea to stay 30 days in each back to back for the foreseeable future starting in Europe and then depending on the deals, time of year I hope to switch between the EU, SE Asia and Central & South America. Cheers!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have goals of immersing myself in the culture and have more personal experience in each country. in order to accomplish my travel goals i have to stay within a strict budget. I hope this site helps me with that. Plus I don't want to stay in a cookie cutter place that is to generic. I want an authentic journey and meet people.

Interests

• writing
• architecture
• spas
• coffee
• socializing
• live music
• language exchange
• cultural immersion
• food
• adventure
• adventures
• relaxing
• healing
• street food
• exploring
• learning
• exploring new places
• comedy
• deserts
• meet people
• traditions
• audio books
• landscapes
• have fun
• thermal bath
• live concerts
• mlb
• personal growth
• public transportation
• food lover
• movies and series
• new york yankees
• live entertainment

Music, Movies, and Books

I am open to all types of music. I try to enjoy live music once or twice a week now and I hope to continue that on my travels. For movies I like action & adventure, Comedy and bio pics as well as period movies. Books I prefer fictional. Sci-fi, post apocalypse and adventure. I also read personal growth & motivational.

Countries I’ve Visited

Aruba, Canada, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, France, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Portugal