CURRENT MISSION

Publish (*finally*) a book about my travels (20 years in the making!!!) and learn how play a wicked guitar

ABOUT ME

I can wiggle the second toe on my right foot without wiggling any of the others. That and learning to make miso soup from my Japanese friend, Misa, a "real" cappucino from Vincenzo and Khinkhali from my Georgian Bebia; how to dance salsa in Colombia thanks to Carlos; and how to get a job in a foreign country, and travel on a shoestring budget from Buzz -- these are the "special skills" I'm going to add to my CV..... whenever I get around to making one.

PHILOSOPHY

I work to live, not the other way around.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host people, tell people about CS and promote the concept in general. Whereever I stay, if they're not on CS before, they join after!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I met Philippine, my hitchhiking partner from Tbilisi to Yerevan, at a mutual CS friend's house. She hosted me for almost a month in Yerevan. It was fantastic! Since then, I've met some wonderful people through Couchsurfing - two of which have since become my best friends.

Interests

books, movies, dogs, cooking, languages, dancing, swimming, skiing, hiking, climbing,...oh, there's just too many. I'm interested in life. :-)

• dogs
• culture
• books
• dancing
• cooking
• baking
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• knitting
• guitar
• hiking
• camping
• skiing
• rock climbing
• soccer
• swimming
• languages
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

movies: Little Miss Sunshine, Me Before You, Eagle vs. Shark, Mary and Max, What We Do In The Shadows, and Inside Out..and a ton of others;

music: I'm a bit of a music equal-opportunist in that I love music from almost every genre;

books: Ali and Nino and the 40 Rules of Love and anything about travelling, Sarah's Key and Marley and Me.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One amazing thing I've seen in my lifetime was Angor Wat in Cambodia - BEFORE it got crowded.

One amazing thing I've done is played football (soccer) with a baby elephant at Chitwan National Park in Nepal.

Teach, Learn, Share

storytelling, tarot reading, languages (I speak 10), making pasta or baking, knitting, games, camping, traveling (long distance), jokes, culture and conflict management, spirituality....

What I Can Share with Hosts

storytelling, tarot reading, languages (I speak 10), making pasta or baking, knitting, games, camping, traveling (long distance), jokes, culture and conflict management, spirituality....

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Martinique, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nepal, Norway, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin (French part), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Slovenia, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, France, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Nepal, Netherlands, Romania, Saint Lucia, Slovakia, United States

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