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Overview

  • 3 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German, Portuguese; learning Dutch, French, Hebrew (modern), Icelandic, Spanish
  • 35, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Linguist and musician
  • In college for Music and Language
  • From Saint Paul, MN, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Learning all of the languages!

ABOUT ME

I'm currently studying and working at the Hamburg University for cognitive linguistics and Portuguese. I came to Germany 5 years ago as an exchange student of jazz music and just got stuck. I'm very interested in languages and other cultures and always willing to study!

PHILOSOPHY

Live.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love exchanging experiences with people and I love experiencing exchanges with people :) I feel the more I'm introduced to more people from such various cultures, the more I understand about the world and how things work. Such a great payoff from something so fun!

Interests

Languages, music, anything crazy, traveling and connecting people

  • traveling
  • music
  • jazz
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Ska, Latin, Fusion, Jazz, The Cat Empire, Classical, Gypsy, Dance, most everything.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to teach. I love to learn.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Anything doing with language I love to contribute to others! Exchange of languages or crazy experiences is my favorite way to pass the time, bring it on world!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Mexico, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United States

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