CURRENT MISSION

... I'd like to get my Hookah lounge open this season!

ABOUT ME

Grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (the heart of Amish country), spent a good amount of time traveling with my family and on my own, studied arabic language and Islamic culture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning at Arizona State University. I volunteered in Albania for two years with the Peace Corps, biked from Albania to Egypt with my best friend and now I'm living and working in Albania 5 months of the year.

PHILOSOPHY

I used to think the world rested on a bed of organized chaos - now I see it's just about money. I don't want it to be that way.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I offer a couch when I have one, share what I know when it's usefull, and meet people through couchsurfing as I travel.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've hosted at my house in Tempe, Arizona and have been hosted in the American NW, in SE Asia, and now around the Mediterranean. I've always had a good time meeting down to Earth and interesting people from all over.

Interests

Art, Travel, Apiary, good karma, finding wrinkly old guys with beards and mustaches who tell great stories with their eyes - they're a dime a dozen in Gjirokastër.

• arts
• culture
• architecture
• traveling
• socializing
• cycling
• muslim

Music, Movies, and Books

Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities.
The art of Remedios Varo; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remedios_Varo

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Biking in Egypt during the Revolution.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, China, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Laos, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Palestine, Peru, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Albania, United States

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