CURRENT MISSION

To sample French Toast from various mom-n-pop restaurants across California and beyond.

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

CS has helped me out more than once and I've helped out CS by donating money to support the community.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

In my life I've been both the surfer and the surfee, but more the latter than the former.

Interessen

Photography, local food, wine, geocaching.

• photography
• dining
• wine

Musik, Filme und Bücher

Music: Air, Alice in Chains, Beck, Buena Vista Social Club, Cake, Citizen Cope, The Clash, Cracker, The Cult, Dave Matthews Band, DJ Cheb i Sabbah, Duran Duran, Foo Fighters, Garbage, Guns n' Roses, Indigenous, Iron Sy, Jack Johnson, Jamiroquai, Jane's Addiction, Manu Chao, Morphine, Nashville Pussy, R.E.M., Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rick James, Rusted Root, Sarah Mclachlan, Stevie Wonder, Stone Temple Pilots, Talking Heads, Tom Petty, U2, Violent Femmes, The White Stripes, Zero 7... and pretty much any release by Buddha Bar, Cafe del Mar and Putamayo.
Movies: 12 Monkeys, 25th Hour, 28 Days Later, Amelie, Bad Santa, Baraka, Beautiful Girls, The Commitments, The Constant Gardener, Dumb and Dumber, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Fifth Element, The Frighteners, Garden State, Go, Heat, The Killer, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Lord of War, Lost in Translation, Man Bites Dog, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Ocean's Eleven, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Princess Bride, The Professional, Raising Arizona, The Sandlot, Seven, Shaun of the Dead, Singles, Snatch, Solaris, Syriana, Team America: World Police, Unforgiven, The Usual Suspects, War Photographer.
Books: Anything bought on the street in Saigon for 5000 dong.

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

Circumnavigated the planet in 100 days (2006)... Traveled by sea from Nassau, Bahamas to San Diego, California the long way around: 23,985 nautical miles. Did it a second time, but the other way around the world (from San Diego to Miami) Aug-Dec 2007.

Lehren, lernen, teilen

Sounds good to me!

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Andorra, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Palestine, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russian Federation, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin (French part), Scotland, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

Netherlands, United States

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