I want to be more compassionate each day.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I’m here for real, human connections and the opportunity to understand what makes us different and the same and in between. I want to share my life and space with open-minded people in exchange for the opportunity to be welcomed elsewhere.

Interests

• architecture
• modern art
• traveling
• backpacking
• baseball
• rock climbing
• modern architecture

Music, Movies, and Books

alt-J, Tame Impala, Cat Power, Sylvan Esso, Beach House, Frederic Chopin, The Kinks, Mac Demarco, Weyes Blood, Father John Misty, The Decemberists, Dr. Dog, The Shins, Sleater-Kinney, Johnny Flynn, The Vaccines, Iron & Wine, The Black Keys, Foster the People, Grizzly Bear, She & Him, Regina Spektor, CAKE, Chet Baker, Erkin Koray

The Shining, Juno, The Big Lebowski, Stranger Than Fiction, Silver Linings Playbook, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Django Unchained, Ratatouille, Toy Story, My Neighbor Totoro, The Royal Tenenbaums, Inglorious Basterds, Amelie, Spirited Away, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Truman Show

Jeannette Walls (The Glass Castle), Haruki Murakami (A Wild Sheep Chase), George Saunders (The Tenth of December), Kurt Vonnegut (Slaughterhouse Five), Albert Camus (The Stranger), Oscar Wilde (Lord Arthur Savile's Crime), Yann Martel (Life of Pi), Khaled Hosseini (A Thousand Splendid Suns, And The Mountains Echoed), Miguel de Cervantes (Don Quixote), J.K. Rowling (Potter series)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lived caravan-style with my friend in a van for 6 months. We traveled around the perimeter of the US with some forays into Canada and Mexico. It was a great adventure.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United States, Vatican City State, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Germany, Italy, United States