CURRENT MISSION

Taking advantage of a year in Europe and getting as close to "no regrets" as possible.

ABOUT ME

My weakness (resistance wise) is cheese, and (kryptonite wise) crocodiles, zombies, heights.
I'm addicted to Photoshop and Doctor Who.
My convenient travel size fits me into even the tiniest of "couches", including oversized bean bags.
I cannot kiss my elbow D}:
My smileys have moustaches :{D*
I have an above-average ability to reverse numbers.
Love reading, cycling, exploring, eating, learning to cook.

*had moustaches until they were shaved and got bowties :-/x

PHILOSOPHY

"Ever notice that 'what the hell' is always the right decision?" - Marilyn Monroe

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Used two couches, paid it forward to two Bostonian travelers; ready to restart the cycle.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Last minute in Koln and Luxembourg City.
Two lovely guests in Boston.

Interests

neuroscience, photography, literature, celtic studies, linguistics and language learning, teaching, learning, hiking, horseback riding, churches, mythology and religion, the many musical versions of hunchback of notre dame (der glocken de notre-dame, notre dame de paris...), glen hansard, vladimir nabokov, giggling in museums

• literature
• photography
• cooking
• cheese
• reading
• traveling
• cycling
• equestrian
• hiking
• medicine
• neuroscience
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Florence & the Machine, Mumford and Sons, Le Tigre e le Neve, The Rage of Placid Lake, Atonement, East of Eden, John Donne, Vladimir Nabokov, The End of the Affair, OanCitizen

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've seen the sunrise on the Atlantic Ocean, climbed Giotto's tower alone (over incredible fear of heights), and sat in the Sagrada Familia for countless moments entirely at peace.

Most recently I got up at 2am, drove four hours with my best friend to the biggest mountain in New England, managed to climb the extra hard trail with insufficient equipment, and then come back down, WITH A DEADLINE of four hours because we HAD TO get home before Goomba's, the best pizza place on earth, closed. It was a good day.

Even more recently, the same friend and I hiked a portion of the Appalacian trail in Virginia and stayed overnight with (again) insufficient equipment, including not enough blankets, and night-hiked part of the way back.

Teach, Learn, Share

Human consciousness is at its most fundamental level, universal.

Countries I’ve Visited

Germany

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, United States