German is my first language, and I grew up in Europe, but I always went to International schools that spoke English. In my teens, I came over to America, finished my schooling, and started freelancing online as a programmer and artist.

I worked in Video Games for nearly 10 years, before changing careers to Finance for the last 5. In that time, I also volunteered as a librarian and later as a counselor for troubled youths.

In 2019, I visited my family and a lot of online friends I made in Europe and the experience was life changing. Until then for me, visiting another country was just staying in a hotel and visiting tourist places.

It wasn't until I was buying bread for a friend early on a weekday morning did I really see the beauty of the country. I will trade talking to an elderly shop owner about the neighborhood's history over a dozen trips to the Eiffel Tower.

I don't believe it's easy to find and give these moments the time they deserve without an open schedule and no rush. Six years later, I'm blessed enough to be in a position now where I can travel the world and am genuinely excited to meet all my future friends!

日本は、私が最初に行きたい場所です。最初は、多くの外国人と同じように、アニメやマンガのためでした。でも、日本の文化についてもっと知ると、私は日本がコミュニティを大切にすることに興味を持ちました。アメリカやヨーロッパでは、個人主義が一番大切で、コミュニティはあまりありません。私は、そのコミュニティの一部になる意味を知るために頑張りたいです。

それに、住んでいる場所では誰も日本語を話さないから、上達するのは本当に大変だよね！

Pourquoi je suis sur Couchsurfing

I can't think of a better way to form genuine and lasting connections with others from a country and culture you're new to.

Living not as a tourist, but sharing everything from a home to the household chores in a foreign country is an experience I'll never forget. It gave me a view of the culture I couldn't have possibly known before visiting.

Since then, I've been addicted to new experiences. I always ask for recommendations when I go out to eat because it lets me experience things I never could have found out on my own.

I believe CS is the same as asking for a recommendation, but instead of picking and choosing which friends I visit and places I want to stay, I let them choose me. I'm sure the experience will be better than any itinerary I could have come up with.

Centres d'intérêt

By far, meeting and chatting with people is my favorite thing to do.

I've never met a boring person in my life and learning their stories is always a joy.

• traveling
• philosophy
• psychology
• food

Morceaux de musique, films et livres

キノの旅 (2003), 蟲師, and 狼と香辛料 (2008)

Lots of Philosophy from Cicero's "Laelius de Amicitia" to Simone De Beauvoir's "Le Deuxième Sexe"

ROUND TABLE featuring Nino, ツユ, 伊沢 麻未, FearofDark

Une aventure extraordinaire que j'ai vécue

The most amazing thing I've seen are my parents.

Enseignez, apprenez, partagez

I grew up in Europe and my entire working life was in America, but my go-to form of entertainment was always Asian so I have a bit of a blend of influences and end up always having unique perspectives for most things.

I'm also excited to learn as well!

Ce que j'aimerais partager avec mes hôtes

Beyond conversation, which I love; I'm someone who is tidy and quiet in day to day life. I prefer leaving things the same as, if not better than, how I found it.

Pays que j'ai visités

Canada, France, Hungary, Turkey

Pays dans lesquels j'ai vécu

Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, United States