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Overview

  • 3 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Indonesian, Spanish
  • 36, Male
  • Member since 2014
  • Professor, sociology
  • PhD, Sociology
  • No hometown listed
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Taking advantage of every opportunity to get out there and see the world!

ABOUT ME

I'm a rolling stone who's latest stop has been trying to make it through school while still finding a little time to travel the world. I like being in the great outdoors, reading, learning about languages and cultures.

PHILOSOPHY

Leave everything better than you found it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I love using couchsurfing to meet new people from around the world. You can go all over the world and never find anything as interesting as the new people you meet.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfed twice in Finland and once in Sweden.

Interests

Birdwatching, reading, history, eating good food, canoeing/kayaking, hiking.

  • dining
  • reading
  • traveling
  • eating out
  • outdoor activities
  • hiking
  • backpacking
  • canoeing
  • kayaking
  • history
  • languages
  • sociology
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

For movies, my favorite directors are Wes Anderson and Akira Kurosawa. For music, I really like folk music. For books, I like Ernest Hemingway and John Steinbeck.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being the first person to hike through three feet of snow to a backpacking shelter in the Great Smoky Mountains of east Tennessee.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know something about sociology, so either I'll be learning or teaching all the time!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'm willing to share good conversation and pitch in around the house or apartment to keep things nice and tidy.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Ghana, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States

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