CURRENT MISSION

I´m working and living in Madrid right now.. I'm hoping to travel wherever I can and to host some interesting people. Life is all about learning from others.

ABOUT ME

I'm a 28 year old writer/musician from Cleveland, Ohio, who is living in Madrid, Spain. I enjoy meeting new people, conversations over coffee or beer, and bad jokes.

PHILOSOPHY

A Little Fable by Franz Kafka

"Alas," said the mouse, "the whole world is growing smaller every day. At the beginning it was so big that I was afraid, I kept running and running, and I was glad when I saw walls far away to the right and left, but these long walls have narrowed so quickly that I am in the last chamber already, and there in the corner stands the trap that I must run into."

"You only need to change your direction," said the cat, and ate it up.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I would like to meet new friends and share some moments with them in new and old places

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have both hosted guests and couchsurfed myself. All of my guests and hosts have been nothing but amazing.

Interests

Creative Writing (poetry, short stories), Song Writing (guitar, vocals), Reading, Traveling, Meeting New People, Hiking, Bad Jokes, Etc.

• cats
• writing
• poetry
• beer
• coffee
• running
• reading
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• hiking
• language exchange

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Chance the Rapper, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, , Kanye West, Wu-Tang Clan, The Mountain Goats, Against Me!, Notorious B.I.G., Bomb the Music Industry, Fugazi, Neutral Milk Hotel, Radiohead,, Earl Sweatshirt, Kendrick Lamar, etc, etc, etc

Books: Haruki Murakami, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Lorrie Moore, David Foster Wallace, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Lydia Davis, Charles Bukowski

Movies: Cohen Brother films, Wes Anderson, Shawn of The Dead, Jean Luc Godard, Stanley Kubrick

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I took a 3500km road trip, starting in Andalusia, going along the Cote d'azure, and ending in the south of Italy. I went on a trip through the Balkan peninsula last summer.

Teach, Learn, Share

TEACH-I can teach English (seeing as that is what I do for a living!) and do language exchanges with people. I can also teach individuals how to play guitar. I can also edit people's stories/poetry/etc.

LEARN-My main goal this year is to improve my Spanish!

SHARE- I can share my stories, poetry, music.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share with them a day in the life of someone living in Madrid....be prepared!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, United States