I currently live in the Bay Area...specifically, Oakland. I used to work in San Francisco and now in Berkeley. I have now lived in the Bay Area for over a decade and absolutely love it up here. I used to do a lot of volunteering and had to cut that back when my job started becoming more challenging. At home, I enjoy spending time with the people closest to me usually over meals, drinks, or other low key activities. I'm not nearly as social as I was when I first joined CS but still enjoy meeting and interacting with new people. California is a beautiful state so I do try to go to more local places to visit. I typically try to take 1-2 2-4 week trips out of the country every year. I am easy going and liberal minded.

Dlaczego jestem na Couchsurfing

I joined CS close to 10 years ago at this point. I attended some local events, hosted a bit, surfed a bit, and met a ton of cool people who are all interested in travel. I'm sad that I took a break from CS and now have a 76% couch request response rate. :-( However, I do not currently use it as a tool for surfing or hosting - mostly just meeting people where I am traveling.

Zainteresowania

I love traveling but at home I am more low key and tend to spend time with those closest to me.

• dining
• drinking
• traveling
• socializing
• hiking
• surfing
• swimming
• languages
• volunteering

Muzyka, filmy i książki

Music wise: I am pretty open. I often listen to the radio when I am in my car so that takes care of all of the popular rock, alternative, electronic, hip hop, and pop.

Books: I like non-fiction or close to non-fiction books (like David Sedaris). I find them very interesting. I otherwise have noticed that I have been reading a lot of management and business types of books recently that may sound boring but I have really enjoyed such as "Difficult Conversations" and "Switch." I don't read a lot of fiction or fantasy though have enjoyed those in the past.

Movies: Boyhood, V for Vendetta, Batman movies (Christian Bale ones), others...

TV: Dexter, The Wire, Weeds, Arrested Development, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Halt and Catch Fire

Jedna niesamowita rzecz, którą zrobiłem(-am)

Swim in the Blue Grotto in Italy? Hike the Inca Trail? Explore the Temples of Angkor? Too many.

Ucz innych, ucz się sam, udostępniaj

This is a hard one. I don't think I have a specific skill that I could teach. I could help with English if you're willing to teach me phrases in other languages.

Czym mogę się podzielić z gospodarzami

Food, drinks, conversation

Kraje, w których byłem(-am)

Belize, Bolivia, Cambodia, Canada, Cayman Islands, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, India, Italy, Jamaica, Laos, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Kraje, w których mieszkałem(-am)

United States

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