CURRENT MISSION:

To visit all the countries in the Balkans and meet some great people along the way.

PHILOSOPHY:

So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Traveling is ultimately about people. Couchsurfing allows me to meet as many fascinating individuals as possible and to taste the culture from the perspective of knowledgeable locals.

Interests

Sailing, skiing, hunting, creative writing, literature, 20th century history, needlepointing

• culture
• writing
• literature
• traveling
• hunting
• sailing
• skiing
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC:

Dire Straits, Tom Petty, B-52s, Psychedelic Furs, Robert Earl Keen, Shakira, Jefferson Airplane, Soda Stereo, U2, Кино́, Michael Jackson, Iggy Pop, Pearl Jam, Ludovico Einaudi, Kavinsky, Joy Division, Lady Gaga, Neil Young, Generationals, Boombox, Rolling Stones

MOVIES:

The Great Beauty, The Big Lebowski, La Haine, Klown, Casablanca, The Baader Meinhof Complex, Pony Excess, Hot Rod, Beavis and Butthead do America, Pan's Labyrinth, Blow Up, On the Waterfront, Tie Me Up Tie Me Down, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Four Lions, The Lives of Others, Scent of a Woman, Last Tango in Paris

BOOKS:

Darkness at Noon, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Bonfire of the Vanities, 1984, The Savage Detectives, A Confederacy of Dunces, Liar's Poker, Absalom Absalom, The Electric Acid Kool-Aid Test, Love in the Time of Cholera, The True Believer, The Man with the Golden Arm, Trainspotting, What Makes Sammy Run, The Social Animal

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I snuck into and out of Mexico illegally

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, United States