CURRENT MISSION

for now I am acting like a sponge.. taking anything, and everything in. exposure is essential.

ABOUT ME

In 2009, I came to Prague as a student and fell in love with the city. I finished my university studies in history and art history, and wanted to move back to the city I love. I left Charleston, SC, USA, and now live in beautiful Prague and work at a preschool as an English teacher. I am a kind and empathetic person, and I enjoy hearing stories about people's lives and beliefs.

PHILOSOPHY

“This is what you shall do: love the earth and sun, and animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence towards the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown, or to any man or number of men; go freely with the powerful uneducated persons, and with the young, and mothers, of families: read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life: re-examine all you have been told at school or church, or in any books, and dismiss whatever insults your soul.”
-Walt Whitman

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have hosted people in Prague and in America before and have met with other CouchSurfers. I have yet to surf myself though!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

No surfing experience, only hosting.

Interests

I enjoy: wandering around town, hearing live music, nature, learning about anything, vegetarian food, geography, sun rays, finding secret places, political science, taking the road less traveled, going to any beach, park, lake, or anything of the sort, modern/contemporary art, photography, and teaching my preschoolers wonderful things about the planet.

• animals
• arts
• books
• contemporary art
• photography
• acting
• dining
• vegetarian
• music
• live music
• surfing
• rock climbing
• art history
• teaching
• geography
• history
• political science
• science
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

The Black Keys, Fleet Foxes, Balkan Beat Box, DeVotchKa, Vampire Weekend, Andrew Bird, Beirut, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Railroad Earth, Nouvelle Vague, Iron & Wine, Bob Marley, Devendra Banhart, Simon and Garfunkel, Beck, and music from alllll around the world. Half Nelson, The Edge of Heaven, The Illusionist, V for Vendetta, Little Women, The Royal Tenenbaums, Micmacs, Love Actually, American History X, and lotsss of documentaries

The Help, every David Sedaris book (LOVE him), The Geography of Nowhere, The Psychopath Test, Safe Area Goražde, How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed, A Midwife's Tale, Freakanomics, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Harry Potter series ect. I really like non-fiction.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My best-friend is the first openly-gay elected official in South Carolina (my home state)!.... and climbing up a mountain in Greece...

Teach, Learn, Share

Teaching is my job, learning is my hobby, sharing is my love.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, United States