I've been an English teacher in Kosovo since last fall, when the school semester is off I make my way home the long way around. It's an interesting experience coming from middle of nowhere Iowa- if you've never been, just imagine corn for as far as the eye can see, probably why I'm so excited to be anywhere else- but the Balkans have been extraordinarily welcoming. I am a bit on the shy side so if I seem cold when you meet me just talk, I warm up quickly!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've been doing lots of traveling when not teaching but so much of the time has been on my own. I see places by myself, barely meet any locals, drift out without making a mark. I want to have a proper exchange! I know lots of people on here say they like meeting people, but I'm shy and trying to change that bit by bit

Interests

• contemporary art
• board games
• hiking
• language exchange
• art
• cinema
• museums
• art museums
• teaching english
• balkans

Music, Movies, and Books

My favorite films in no particular order
Dr. Strangelove
The Right Stuff
Cabaret
Pan’s Labyrinth
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Chungking Express
The Great Dictator
Possession
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
To Be or Not to Be
The Passion of Joan of Arc
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Picnic at Hanging Rock

MUSIC
I'm not picky here but Florence and the Machine is my favorite band

BOOKS/AUTHORS
Terry Pratchett
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once broke into the Empire State Building, it's not as exciting a story as you would think

Teach, Learn, Share

Teaches: English on the literal level, life in rural united states on the metaphorical level
Learns: Whatever you're happy to teach me
Share: I have three siblings so I learned to share growing up (I really don't understand this section, I'm sorry)

What I Can Share with Hosts

My thoughts, my experiences, occasionally some fancy Albanian Rakia to drink

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Germany, Kosovo, United States