CURRENT MISSION

Explore everywhere that can be explored, learn everything that can be learned.

ABOUT ME

I'm a Canadian who has just completed my Master's in Victoria, BC after three years of teaching English in Taiwan. Been travelling a bit, but would love to travel more.

PHILOSOPHY

Always be growing.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Meet new people, experience new things, make new memories.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Right now, I'm mostly a Couchsurfing newbie! I've lived with Couchsurfers, but now that I'm finally doing some solo travelling, I thought it would be the best time to sign up myself.

Interests

Writing, old school Pokemon, music in general, reading an amazing book in a café overlooking a beach, every aspect of the culinary arts from experimenting in the kitchen to eating to trashy cooking shows.

• arts
• culture
• writing
• literature
• beauty
• cooking
• reading
• traveling
• music
• sports
• soccer
• hockey
• tennis
• solo travel

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Snowpiercer, Princess Mononoke, Bon Cop Bad Cop, Lady Bird, Coco

Music: I'll take anything with a strong vocalist and an interesting backing track. My all-time fave is Queen, but I'm currently really into Billie Eilish, K'Naan, and pretty much anything Spotify chooses for my Discover Weekly.

Books: Anything David Mitchell has ever written, The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman, the Dark Tower series, Maus, and I grew up on Harry Potter.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Standing on a peak overlooking Lake Bled in Slovenia. I'm not the most athletic person in the world, and in a small way I'm really proud of pushing myself to my physical limits in order to enjoy a place of spectacular beauty.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm always eager to learn anything new, especially if I don't understand it immediately. On the flip side, I just finished my Master's thesis on early 20th century Russian-Jewish literature, masculinity, and identity! More than happy to share stuff about that.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Belize, Cambodia, Canada, China, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, China, Russian Federation, Taiwan, United Kingdom