Novice wanderer looking to branch out in the oft-murky human spread-mind, embracing the living tao as much as I can (but not in the New Age space cadet conceit...)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

My girlfriend and I backpacked Eastern Europe on a (very, very) modest budget in summer 2018, and were always pleasantly surprised by the smaller towns we stayed in and the hospitality people afforded us. I want to pay it back!

Interests

The things I enjoy are fairly fluid and diverse; I think I can find common ground in a wide variety of people's interests

• literature
• yoga
• hiking
• backpacking
• history
• languages
• philosophy
• hitchhiking
• sustainability
• ancient history
• consciousness
• foraging
• tai chi
• climate justice
• zoology
• anticapitalism
• socialism from below

Music, Movies, and Books

Some tunes: Modest Mouse, Angel Olsen, Khruangbin, Pharcyde, Talking Heads, My Bloody Valentine, Billie Holiday, Lee Morgan, George Harrison, No Joy...

Some wordsmiths: Kurt Vonnegut, Haruki Murakami, Naomi Klein, Herman Hesse, Ursula LeGuin, Howard Zinn, William Faulkner, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Frank Herbert, Octavia Butler...

Some flicks: Synechdoche New York, Upstream Color, The Lobster, Amores Perros, Short Cuts, There Will Be Blood, Blue Velvet, Rashomon, The 400 Blows, The One I Love, Apocalypse Now, American Splendor, Stoker, Kill Bill, The Revenant, Taxi Driver, Waking Life, Waltz with Bashir, Koyaanisqatsi...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Abseiled off the side of a Welsh castle

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you Indonesian hand dances, or some tragically elementary Swedish

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook you a hot meal or buy you the spirit of your choice! Shelter and farm animals abound.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States