CURRENT MISSION

Travel & Performance

ABOUT ME

I am currently studying piano and linguistics. I write music and try to backpack to a different country every year. I am an avid reader of any and all things. I love life and hope to forever enrich it with my thirst for travel and interaction with every living thing.

PHILOSOPHY

Only expect of yourself, and help others whenever you can

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I always try to have my couch open for potential surfers

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've backpacked through Italy, Greece, Ireland, and Japan and my couchsurfing experiences have all been the best part of my travels!

I am currently in Europe for a few months until May 2015 with my friend Kelly and we hope to meet many more fellow couchsurfers!

Interests

Music, Travel, Simpsons, Fishing, Food, Morrissey, Meeting people, Art, Language, Seinfeld, Nature, Literature, Radio, Hiking, Soccer, Anime, Chess, Karaoke, Comedy, Beer, Eggplant, Collecting vinyl, Bicycles, Coconut Water, most everything

• arts
• literature
• performing arts
• dining
• beer
• anime
• chess
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• guitar
• piano
• karaoke
• fishing
• hiking
• backpacking
• soccer
• lakes
• rivers

Music, Movies, and Books

Prine, Morrissey, Beatles, Dylan, Banhart, Hisaishi, Rachmaninoff, Hemingway, Vonnegut, Kafka, Ginsberg, Joyce, Murakami, Steinbeck, Kerouac, Brautigan, Vargas Llosa, Tarantino, Coen brothers, Kurosawa, Miyazaki, Jarmusch, Brooks, Anderson, Linklater, and many others.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

watching sunrise above the clouds atop Mt. Fuji

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach music on several instruments, particularly experienced with guitar and piano pedagogy. I'm a native English speaker with experience tutoring and I'm currently working on my Japanese fluency. I can also share my love and knowledge of fishing lakes and rivers.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States