CURRENT MISSION

To live vibrantly, to laugh abundantly, to dance with abandon. To share with others what I have been given and to receive that which they have to give me. To be passionate about what I do, to love God, others, and myself, and to truly care about other people and the earth in which we live.

ABOUT ME

I'm quite an extravert, love people, culture, nature. I'm Catholic, I love my tradition and faith, but I always enjoy learning about what other people believe. It helps me to come to a greater appreciation and understanding of why other people live the way they do. I like sports a lot, especially MLB, and I'm currently on a mission to see a game in all 30 MLB stadiums by the time I'm done with college. I love bowling, shooting hoops, playing a game of ultimate frisbee. Piano (especially a baby grand Yamaha) is my soul! I'm currently a student at the Franciscan University of Steubenville studying Philosophy, Humanities and Catholic Culture, and Great Books. I love the outdoors, anything in nature really! Nothing like sitting by a waterfall, away from the artificial noise, or staring up at a brilliant night sky, away from light pollution. Oh and one of my favorite activities would be swing dancing, especially East Coast, Jitterbug, Lindy Hop, and Charleston. I love to learn new things and new ideas, and I'm always down for something challenging.

MY PHILOSOPHY

Live the present moment fully because that is the only time we really have; treat others better than they treat you; see the dignity and goodness in every human person; Unite the spiritual with the material and live for the eternal; To be self aware but not self centered;

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

Finally I'm going solo. I love baseball and in 2014, when my dad, Allen Feibelman, introduced me to couchsurfing, I thought that this would be a great way to see a bunch of stadiums. Now I have couchsurfed with 25 hosts and counting in 19 cities around the U.S., and I attended the Boulder Couch Crash in 2018. Couchsurfing has introduced me to a parallel universe in which I've glanced into the roots of many cultures, seen great diversity, learned boatloads of history, experienced many adventures, and was blessed to have many deep conversations about the important things in life. The friendships that are formed, the stories that are told, and the meaningful conversations and experiences shared between hosts and guests simply cannot be rivaled by a hotel room with all its ends tucked in. Couchsurfing has greatly improved my life and travel, and for that I am very grateful.

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By surfing and participating in couch crashes.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

2015--Couchsurfed on a two week trip in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Baltimore, New
York City, and Boston.
2017--Couchsurfed on twenty day trip in Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, Cleveland, and Toronto
2018--Couchsurfed on month long trip in St. Louis, Kansas City, Boulder, Denver, Santa Fe, Houston, Dallas, Memphis.
2019--couchsurfed for ten days and three hosts in New Orleans, Couchsurfed on month long trip in Oslo, Singapore, Bangkok Thailand

Intereses

• culture
• books
• poetry
• photography
• swing dancing
• cooking
• organic food
• gardening
• chess
• jazz
• piano
• sports
• baseball
• basketball
• bowling
• philosophy
• art
• nature
• learning new things
• ultimate frisbee
• jazz music
• diversity
• outdoors activities
• puns
• outdoor adventures
• butcher

Música, películas y libros

Music...hmmm...I don't listen to a lot of music, but when I do its usually Classical, Christian Rock, Oldies, Some Country, and I love live jazz music.

Movies: I don't watch a lot of movies. I have never watched netflix. I like comedy, movies about real life, and honestly live theatre is my favorite (especially Shakespeare and Fringe Festivals).

Books: C.S. Lewis! Anything the dude wrote. Dante's Divine Comedy, Shakespeare's poetry, The Tempest, Taming of the Shrew. Kristin Lavrensdatter, Scripture, I also love to read scholars who critique my worldview because it forces me to think: Sam Harris, E.O Wilson, Greenblatt, Descartes. The Fairy Tales retold series by Regina Doman is simply fantastic. Christopher Dawson's writings on religion and culture.

Algo increíble que he hecho

Traveled to Ecuador as a missionary and worked with orphans for three weeks! Beautiful country, beautiful people, lifechanging experience.

Enseña, aprende, comparte

Share/Teach: I can teach you something about philosophy, cooking, piano, bowling, sports, my faith
Learn: I'm always open to learning new things especially from people who are passionate about what they
do. I always enjoy discussions on "serious" topics (religion, politics, science, etc.) if you're into that sort of thing because it helps me broaden my worldview and understand the way people live better. If you prefer more casual conversation, I'm down for that too! I also love the study of culture, and I find that couchsurfers often have so much to share in that regard.

Qué puedo ofrecer a los anfitriones

I love to cook and on several instances have made meals for my hosts.
If you want some competition in any sport I'm down for that.
I can teach some improv piano.
I always love to share the adventures I have while couch surfing, and thus my hosts are always welcome to join me for the days adventures.
I can teach you to swing dance.

Países que he visitado

Australia, Austria, Canada, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Norway, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Thailand, Vatican City State

Países en los que he vivido

Austria, United States