I'm a single young 61 year old guy who lives in and loves Minneapolis but needs to escape every so often on an adventure. I spent 8 years in California where I studied and played heaps of tennis. I Recently sort of retired from owning restaurant/bars and now I'm diving back into those things that bring pleasure, like travel, playing music, reading, friends and family galore and cooking awesome simple clean food. I've traveled tons and led tours in Egypt, Ecuador, Turkey and Nepal. I'm Currently working on recording a record and planning to construct a new tour in Tennessee and Mississippi about Americana music and culture.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to meet locals in various places, especially Tennessee and Mississippi very soon, I want to entertain and turn travelers onto Minneapolis, which is a very cool city. As well as northern Minnesota which has natural beauty in abundance.

Interests

• music
• travel
• food
• reading books

Music, Movies, and Books

From Chopin to Nirvana to Blind Faith, Donovan, Miles Davis, John Coltrane etc etc.

Top 5 movies today:
The Good The Bad & The Ugly
Lawrence Of Arabia
Dr Zhivago
Once Upon A Time in The West
The God Father

Currently reading Trouble Boys about the Replacements and also The Once and Future Liberal about identity politics. Most I read fiction though, and the NY Times daily.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Subjective question here but I'd say led multiple young guys on freight train trips across America in the 70's.

Teach, Learn, Share

Life and a bottle of good red.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Travel stories, business experience, life's many passages and how I negotiate the ups and downs I suppose. The cool off the beaten tracks and on the beaten tracks of Minneapolis and Minnesota.

Countries I’ve Visited

Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Italy, Laos, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Egypt, England, Spain