CURRENT MISSION

Ride bikes, make new friends, play and share tunes. Keep healthy and happy. Practice circus tricks, juggling.

ABOUT ME

I'm a travelling accordion player & visual artist. I love to cook up yummy piles of food. I am intrigued by circus arts although I have much learning to do.

PHILOSOPHY

Go! Explore! Collect and share amazing experiences. Exercise, eat good food, play music, dance, keep hydrated, sleep well, relax and be happy. Don't worry!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To make getting around more enjoyable by making new connections along the way

Interests

Playing music; Jamming; Drawing; Street art-ing; Busking; Hiking; Biking; Building things; Birds; Sloths; Hungarian Folk music; Klezmer; Sewing; Dancing; Kazoo-ing; Climbing; Exploring; Drinking & sharing yummy tea and dark chocolate, Making & sharing yummy feasts;

• birds
• arts
• street art
• dancing
• dining
• chocolate
• exercise
• boating
• traveling
• juggling
• drawing
• music
• folk music
• cycling
• hiking
• rock climbing
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Some musics: The Crow Quill Night Owls; Tin Hat Trio; Pete Seeger; Yann Tiersen; Csokolom; Christine Fellows; Claude Bolling; Beirut; Jackie Washington; Old Man Luedecke; Dark Dark Dark; Django Reinhardt;

Some movies: Everything is Illuminated; Delicatessen; City of the Lost Children; Spirited Away; The Big Snit; Jan Svankmajer films, Jean-Pierre Jeunet films.

Some Books: Graphic Novels; Children's books;

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Bicycle touring the around Canada for 4 years with my musical duo, Kate & Rich, accordion and clarinet ragtimey-klezmer danceable fun musics!

Teach, Learn, Share

I would love to play music for/with you!
I can teach you how to juggle in 10-15 minutes, try to teach you some accordion; or how to make some sound effects with your mouth, like a rain-drop sound, or a gargley voice sound, or a tea kettle whistle; or how to fold a paper crane.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can do the dishes, tidy up, cook meals, tell stories, listen to stories, crack jokes and play you some tunes.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Mexico, Poland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada