CURRENT MISSION

To meet new people, experience new things, to boldly go where no man has gone before!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

A little surfing here, and little hosting there... Sometimes I get together with the London couchsurfering community for food and drink and merriment.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I heard about it through my brother and his wife, and I helped them show couchsurfers around Kingston, Ontario a few times. In the summer of 2011 I couchsurfed around the maritimes, and had a fantastic experience. I'm pretty new to hosting, but I anticipate great fun.

Interests

Music, especially classical and jazz, with a dash of bluegrass - really anything with a melody. I love playing the 'cello and I dabble in trumpet as well. I have an amateur interest in other arts too. I could talk about mathematics or economics for a long time; I studied them for my undergraduate degree. Medicine and everything health-care related too. I love a good discussion of politics or philosophy, although I have no formal education in either field. As for sports, I enjoy sailing, geocaching, and very, very amateur level Ultimate.

• arts
• education
• dining
• drinking
• politics
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• trumpet
• surfing
• sailing
• sports
• economics
• teaching
• history
• mathematics
• medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies - Annie Hall, Manhattan, Sleeper, Dr. Strangelove, The Big Lebowski.
Music - Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, Schubert, Beethoven, Bach, Dvorak
Books - Kurt Vonnegut, Arthur C Clarke, Catch-22, Joseph Conrad, George Orwell, Robert A. Heinlein
TV - Star Trek, British comedy

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I spent a couple summers as crew on a tall ship while I was in high school - one of the most amazing travel experiences I've ever had, even if we never left Ontario.

Teach, Learn, Share

I figure I'm adept enough to give out pointers in music, mathematics, economics, and sailing. I'd love to learn more about the arts, politics, and history.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, India, Netherlands, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada

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