I really love learning new things and have a really strange sense of humor. Sometimes I feel like my whole life is about collecting and experiencing stories. Life can be wonderful and sad and ridiculous and I just try to take all of that in stride and have the most fun possible. My passion is writing and I love to travel slow and easy. I have sort of a retroactive bucket list mentality in that I will do something and then check it off rather than planning ahead. I have a love of sailing and the ocean that I most recently parlayed into a job as a sea cook. I could write a whole book on what that experience was like. I love checking out museums and feel very peaceful when I'm out in nature or doing something creative.

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

I am traveling around Europe and want to experience culture the way people here live it.

Interessen

I like to learn new things.

• cooking
• reading
• sailing
• travel
• reading books
• biking
• learning new things
• spanish language
• creative writing
• clowning

Musik, Filme und Bücher

the last book I read was Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell, given to me by the history professor on my last trip because it chronicled a character's journey working in restaurants and the hierarchy there. Since I am a boat cook for the first time, a lot of it rang true for me.

my favorite book might be the Book of Embraces by Eduardo Galeano.
Movies. I love absurd comedy and epic romance. I love the movie Stand by Me. I can't think of anything I have seen recently that blew my mind so I will leave it here for now.
Music. Don't really care for the stuff. Just kidding. I like folk music, bluegrass, classic rock. Stuff that makes my brain feel good not stressed out. My most recent love is the band Brown Bird.

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

I went on a humanitarian clowning trip with Dr. Patch Adams to villages in Morocco.

Lehren, lernen, teilen

I want to learn Spanish. I am a certified ESL (English as a Second language) teacher so I can help anyone learn English.

Was ich mit Gastgebern teilen kann

A sense of humor and adventure. I am also pretty quiet, so there is a strange balance I can strike that makes me a pretty easy housemate.

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Australia, Fiji, France, Ireland, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Morocco, Nepal, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

Kiribati, Nepal