I moved to Budapest for one year as part of a Master’s program. I ended up transferring the university full time – that was nearly 4 years ago now. My Hungarian is awful but I try (sometimes). Currently I manage projects and digital/social media for a small nonprofit organization based in Budapest. I have a one year old Akita puppy named Fitzgerald (Fitz). You can probably find us roaming around the city at any given time.

Fitz is a bit of a local Instagram celebrity. I’ve turned him into a Budapest tour guide. If you want local tips about BP from an American expat you can follow him @Fitzapest on IG or visit www.fitzapest.com. This website is a bit of a side project.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm a bit obsessed with Budapest and it is always a good time sharing the city.

Music, Movies, and Books

Book: "The reason I like you is you’re the complete opposite of kitsch. In the kingdom of kitsch you would be a monster."

Music: "I want to take you far from the cynics in this town and kiss you on the mouth, we'll cut our bodies free from the tethers of this scene, start a brand new colony, where everything will change"

Movies: "There's no point to any of this. It's all just a... a random lottery of meaningless tragedy and a series of near escapes. So I take pleasure in the details. You know... a Quarter-Pounder with cheese, those are good, the sky about ten minutes before it starts to rain, the moment where your laughter become a cackle... and I, I sit back and I smoke my Camel Straights and I ride my own melt."

Shows: "I don't want to hear about your dream, okay? I hate listening to people's dreams. It's like flipping through a stack of photographs. If I'm not in any of them, and nobody's having sex, I just... don't care."

(If you know where any of these quotes are from we will probably get along)