CURRENT MISSION

Live without regrets and greet every person with a happy face.

ABOUT ME

i go by Joe, but my real name is Martin (...Joseph Brophy III).
i like learning, especially informally.
i believe in being courteous and having hope.
i enjoy speaking and understanding other languages.
i have insatiable wanderlust.
i use sports and music to relax.
i love teaching.
i laugh at my own jokes (and tell lame ones) a lot.
i lived in Israel after highschool for a year, then in Ohio (at Oberlin college) for four years, then in germany for a semester.
i reside currently in Washington, D.C. and just finished a year long service corps program where i worked for an after-school program in low-income schools. now i'm driving a pedicab(rickshaw)and working as a hebrew school teacher.

PHILOSOPHY

I hate to do this by quotes, but some people said these brilliant things long before I could of:

"Do not despise any person, and do not consider anything impossible, for there is no person who does not have an hour and no thing that does not have its place."

"Love your neighbor as yourself."

"Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; Some blunders and absurdities crept in; Forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

When I have a permanent place I love to host people. Until then I'm happy to meet travelers and hang out with them!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

What kinds of experiences have I had through CouchSurfing?What a question! holy crap, awesome ones.When you meet me, ask for the stories, I promise they are many (and, as with all of my stories, they are either funny, great or poorly told :-D).I've surfed in Amsterdam, Netherlands; Galway, Ireland; Munich, Germany; Oslo, Norway; and London, England. I've hosted in Oberlin. I look forward to hosting more and hopefully traveling more too when I can get off from work!

Interests

Guitar, pizza-baking, harmonica, frisbee, meaningful discussions, biking, soccer, teaching, observing, and learning.

• cooking
• baking
• running
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• sports
• baseball
• wrestling
• soccer
• swimming
• teaching
• languages

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I taught my neighbor's grandson to ride a bike.

Teach, Learn, Share

Athletics: Soccer, baseball, running, biking, wrestling.
Cooking: Pizza from scratch.. and potatos.
Languages: German, Hebrew, English
Other: paper-airplane making, balsa-wood construction, bicycle mechanics, religious studies, swimming!

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Haiti, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Israel, United States

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