CURRENT MISSION

Our mission is to embrace life as it comes and to travel the world.

ABOUT ME

So I have decided to amend the "All about you" section because the first version made it sound like I packed a calculator in by backpack before heading out the door! First version: "Laura and I are young professionals who love to get out and see the world. We are in our first month of a 6 month stint through E. Europe, Asia, Africa and South America."

Revised Version: Laura and I finished school and got really great high paying jobs in the states. One night we were looking at each other over dinner and said, this whole selling your soul for a dollar thing kinda sucks, so we voluntarily quit our jobs, rented our flat and bought some backpacks. Other than missing our family, bad ass friends and the last episode of Dexter season 4, it has been the best decision since tying the knot.

Hope to drink good beer and share great memories with you!

PHILOSOPHY

Wow...deep!

We live not as citizens of the United States, but as citizens of the world.

We try our best to exhibit (rather than just believe in) a set of defined values that include (but not limited to) compassion, loyalty, empathy, friendship, understanding, patience, love, happiness while coexisting with my fellow man and woman.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We will do our best to get out in each and every city to build our network and to spread the word.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

First night in Cologne Germany, we were welcomed by a group of great people and slept in a warm comfy flat. Later in Berlin, we were joined by a great guy from India. Spent Holi in Jaipur with Manu and the fam and was saved by Buku in Calcutta. So far 143 CS

Interests

We love music...Jazz, Hip Hop, Drum and Bass, Electronica and everything in between. DJ Shadow, Burial, Thievery Corporation, A Tribe Called Quest, Mos Def, Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald, Radiohead, you name it... we probably dig it.

Since entering Germany I am also very interested in excellent beer! So far, I have been experiencing this interest on a daily basis!

We are also interested clocking as many miles, museums, castles, mosques, churches, friends, late nights, crack of noon mornings and Doner Kebab dinners as possible in the next six months!

• perfumes
• beer
• drinking
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• backpacking
• scuba diving
• paragliding
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Danger Mouse, Common, SiSe, Federico Aubele, Four Tet, Telefon Tel Aviv, Cee-Lo, Dinah Washington, Mgmt, Little Dragon, Buju Banton, Santigold, Bajka, Caribou, Mike Relm!!!!, Bonobo, RJD2, Boards of Canada, Zero 7, Moby, Bjork, Gotan Project, Beastie Boys, Run DMC, Jurassic 5, Aesop Rock, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Bebel Gilberto, Cat Power

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Paragliding near a giant canyon in the heart of Colombia. Rappeling and white water rafting near the Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica. Experiencing the call to prayer in the heart of Old Town Istanbul. Traveling down the Nile in Egypt. Catching a Varanasi sunrise on the Ganges. Sitting under the Bodhi tree where the Great Buddha achieved divine enlightenment. Spotting my first Manta Ray diving in Thailand. The magnitude of the Perrito Moreno Glacier in Patagonia. Seeing a Casawary with his babies in the northeastern rainforests of Australia. Being the first to summit Wayna Picchu on a warm summer morning. Participating in a 3 day excursion across the volcanic plains, snowcapped mountains and barren deserts near the Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia.

Teach, Learn, Share

Beware of brown ice in Budapest.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, Germany, Puerto Rico, Spain, United States

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