ABOUT ME

I'm excited to meet you, future friends.

PHILOSOPHY

“If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile and blossom like a flower, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.”

― Thích Nhất Hạnh, Being Peace

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

New profile; same enthusiasm.

Always positive and paying forward the myriad kindness from others any way I can.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've SURFED with some incredible people, like:

-Dani, Giamba & Goldie in Cisternino, Italy
-Scott in Castrovillari, Italy
-Lucio Scala in Sicignano degli Alburni, Italy
-Mariella in Pagani, Italy
-Pasquale in Napoli, Italy
-Marcus in Perugia, Italy
-Lorenzo in Arcidosso, Italy
-Fabio in Siena, Italy
-Stefano in Lucca, Italy
-Aarti in Bologna, Italy
-Fabiola in Vicenza, Italy
-Maria & Battista in Verona, Italy
-Jonathan in Lyon, France
-Ingrid also in Lyon, France
-Lilian in Dijon, France
-Anissa in Paris, France
-Chrissie & Tom in Rouen, France
-Pat and Sylvie in Bayeux, France
-Clément in Coutances, France
-Raphael in Tours, France
-Jean in Bordeaux, France
-Hervé in Toulouse, France
-Paolo in Barcelona, Spain
-Andrea in Zaragoza, Spain
-Gonzalo in Madrid, Spain
-Sergio in Valencia, Spain
-Luis in Letur, Spain
-Joan in Granada, Spain
-Leo in Sevila, Spain
-Ahmed in Coimbra, Portugal
-Magda in Braga, Portugal
-Irwin in Siero, Spain
-Christian in Kuaotunu, NZ
-Lee in Rotorua, NZ
-Blair in Whakatane, NZ
-Bob in New Plymouth, NZ
-David in Wanganui, NZ
-Lesley in Taupo, NZ
-Sebastian in Napier, NZ
-Iain in Gisborne, NZ
-Zane in Wellington, NZ
-Leon in Masterton, NZ
-Mark in Paraparaumu, NZ
-Chris & community in Wanaka, NZ
-Alisa & Kim in Yangon, Myanmar
-Miguel in Mandalay, Myanmar
-Ramon in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
-Michael (and family) in LI, NY, USA
-Mayuko in Manhattan, NY, USA

And HOSTED some adventurous travelers like:

-Arnaud (in Portugal) from France
-Lauren from Scotland
-Jethro from Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
-Josh from Israel
-Heidi & Dmitri from Santa Cruz, California, USA
-Koen from the Netherlands
-Aly from Philadelphia, PA, USA
-Anne & her friends from Hampstead, New Hampshire, USA

& i'm always looking to meet new people!

Interests

Music, reading, writing, hiking, animals, horticulture, conversation, hitchhiking, exploring, playing cards, sacred geometry, trying new food, meeting new people, relaxing with friends, coffee, nature, wine and all kinds of art

• animals
• arts
• dining
• wine
• coffee
• flowers
• reading
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Vonnegut, Martí, Bradbury, Orwell, Steinbeck, Whitman, Huxley, Peake, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Cummings, Sartre, Borges, Zora Neale Hurston & More

Music: Bob Dylan, Death Grips, Deer Tick, Curtis Mayfield, Run the Jewels, Paco de Lucia, The Notorious BIG, Man Man, Grateful Dead, Iggy Pop, Dr.Dre, NWA, Busta Rhymes, The Rolling Stones,Timber Timbre, CCR, Eminem, Alabama Shakes, The Felice Brothers,Nirvana, Diamond Rugs, The Kinks, Daddy, Middle Brother, The Beatles, The Pixies, Woodie Guthrie,

Movies: TARANTINO, SCORSESE, KUBRICK. 12 Angry Men, The Usual Suspects, Se7en, City of God, Reservoir Dogs, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, Pulp Fiction, Memento, Big Fish, Remember the Titans, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, The Sandlot, The Big Lebowski, The Fantastic Mr.Fox, Kill Bill, Being John Malkovich, Twin Peaks, Baraka, Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Leon the Professional, The Godfather Trilogy, Dr. Strangelove, Fight Club, Goodfellas

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Once I didn't blink for a whole minute.

Teach, Learn, Share

Yes, Yes, and Yes! Three fundamentals of life to be experienced and expressed thoroughly and delightfully.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, Cuba, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Laos, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, New Zealand, United States, Viet Nam