Greetings! I'm a 32 year old high school English teacher, currently living in Richmond Virginia. I'm passionate about all different types of music, literature, arts, biking, and anything outdoors related. In my free time you can usually find me either seeing a live show, riding one of my four bikes (mtn and road), playing guitar, or going to the river with my dog Chewie.

IG- tuckg86

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I started this account to find affordable places to stay during my week long trip in Europe.

Interests

I'm a huge music nerd! I love collecting vinyl records of all different types of genres. Some of my favrotie genres are: jazz/funk/rock/hip-hop/electronic/reggae.

I'm also really into bikes. I own 4 different types of bikes. Two for mountain biking, one for road biking, one for road touring.

• music
• electronic music
• hiking
• mountain biking
• outdoors
• indie rock
• bike touring
• hiphop
• literture

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: radiohead, ween, modest mouse, pink floyd, led zeppelin, the roots, wu tang, outkast, mf doom, madlib, j dilla, dj shadow, flying lotus, four tet, floating points, caribou, aphex twin, boards of canada, kamasi washington, John Coltrane, blood orange, grateful dead, bob dylan, gil scott heron, curtis mayfield, james brown

Books: On the Road, Moby Dick, Catch 22, Neuromancer, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Adventures of Kavalier and Klay, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Into the Wild, Slaughterhouse Five, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Blood Meridian, Sutree, Confederacy of Dunces, Valis, Infinite Jest

Movies: Goodfellas, Godfather, Train spotting, Life Aquatic, Down by Law, Star Wars (originals), Ghost Dog, Royal Tenenbaums, Full Metal Jacket, 2001 Space Odyssey, Bladerunner, Waking Life, Slacker

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I biked across the U.S. in 2014 with the Bike the US for MS charity. For my cross country trip I was able to raise over $4,000 for research/treatment of multiple sclerosis.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach- I can teach English! Since that's my day job.

Learn- I hope to learn about music, culture, food, and language in whatever region I'm visiting.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Share- I hope to share my curiosity and positive spirit. Also, if there's a guitar around I can share a tune or two.

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Peru