ABOUT ME

I like to be outside, eat good food and tell long and hilarious stories. :-)

PHILOSOPHY

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've had some surfers and been a surfer: but not often enough.

Interests

Travel, Music, Languages, History, Culture, Food, Mountains, Lakes, Dance, Scuba Diving, Skiing, Painting, Reading, Running, Canoeing, Writing...

I would also like to become a stock market goddess.

• culture
• writing
• dancing
• dining
• running
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• music
• canoeing
• scuba diving
• skiing
• history
• languages
• lakes
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

So many!

Braveheart!

The Be Good Tanyas, Two Door Cinema Club, Ben Howard, Eddie Vedder, Miike Snow...

Where Soldiers Fear to Tread, Poisonwood Bible, Lolita, The Road....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I hiked Manu Loa volcano with two friends in 2008. For hours we saw nothing but dried lava tubes and smokey skies. We managed to make it to the summit in time to see the sunset over a parallel volcano. Incroyable.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Guatemala, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Mexico, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Portugal, Saint Lucia, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada