I grew up as a third culture kid and have lived in five countries, traveled to six continents and speak a couple of languages. I love to travel, have adventures, eat decadent food and meet new people to learn about their stories.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I really enjoy having more local experiences when I travel, and also like to bring the "travel spirit" into my home when I'm not on the road.
My CS experience includes hosting surfers back when I used to live in South Beach in Miami, surfing a few times including in Puerto Rico and Sweden, and hosting weekly CS happy hours in Miami too.

Interests

Travel, hiking, dark chocolate, the beach.

• culture
• dining
• chocolate
• happy hour
• traveling
• hiking
• surfing
• languages
• budget travel
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies - Run Lola Run, Secret Lives of Others, The Dreamers, Seven Years in Tibet
Music - India Arie, Norah Jones, Corinne Bailey Rae
Books - Man's Search for Meaning, In Patagonia, First They Killed my Father, The Girl in the Picture

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiked the W in Torres del Paine in Chilean Patagonia. Bathed with elephants in the Mekong. Taught first graders to read. Walked over 1100km between France, Spain and Portugal.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you German, explain what Knoedel and Spaetzle are, give you budget travel tips primarily for South America and Southeast Asia, and tell you about doing working holidays in New Zealand.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Central African Republic, China, Cook Islands, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, China, Italy, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States

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