In July 2024 I will be quitting my job and plan to travel and live and work internationally in areas of sustainability, agriculture, volunteer work, or international development. I have lived, worked and traveled in over 40 countries in South America, Africa, Middle East, Europe and the United States.

I am fluent in Spanish, Portuguese and French and proficient in Italian.

I love cultures and music and languages from around the world and look forward to meeting many more interesting people during my travels and new types of work. I am also a football (soccer) fanatique and follow European teams and the World Cup.

I have also studied spirituality with many amazing teachers and shamans from around the world including: Buddhism, Hinduism, shamanism and Sufism. I am interested in all spiritual traditions from indigenous cultures and the ancient cultures of China, Persia, and the Middle East.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

When I travel and live and work around the world, my focus is to connect with people and learn about different countries and cultures and history and world music. I am not a typical tourist. I am actually not a tourist at all when I travel. I am much more interested in people and their personal histories and background and stories than I am in in cathedrals and museums!! I also enjoy learning the language and music and literature and culture of every country that I visit and live in.

Because of this, I prefer to meet and connect with people wherever I go. I have done this in many different countries in in the United States and around the world. I am extremely social and extroverted and make friends very easily.

I am a musician trained in classical guitar which I learned while living in Seville, Spain. I also play world music including Brazilian bossa nova and samba, latin music, and music and many songs in French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and other languages. I have also studied Brazilian percussion.

Interests

• meditation
• music
• history
• nature
• spirituality
• sustainability
• social justice
• people's stories
• languages and cultures
• world cultures
• hiking,
• literature,

Music, Movies, and Books

The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho), Don Quijote de la Mancha (Miguel Cervantes), El Amor en los tiempos del Colera (Gabriel Garcia Marquez), The Pearl (John Steinbeck), The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway), Capitais de Area (Jorge Amado), A Morte e a Morte de Quincas Berro d'Água (Jorge Amado)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiking all the way down the Grand Canyon to the Colorado river and back up again in one day (which the guide said was not possible to do in one day!!)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share my own music and my love of world music. I can share my experiences of living and working and traveling in over 40 different countries and cultures around the world, including Africa, South America, Europe and the United States. I enjoy meeting people from all different walks of life, especially artists and musicians and writers and all non-conformists out there in the world!!

Mostly I can share my love of meeting new people and learning from them.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize, Dominican Republic, England, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, France, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Venezuela