CURRENT MISSION

To be emotionally and physically alive

ABOUT ME

Active. I am involved and travel. Independent. I have not ever figured how to put "impossible" into my vocabulary. Willing to learn. And excited. Passion driven.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is Art your every action is your unique creation.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I travel and love meeting people. Put in when I can.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have been both host and couchsurfer and enjoy all of it! It is my favorite way to travel, especially when it brings me to unexpected places.

Interests

Photography, Fine art, Not-so-fine art, Finding junk and making it beautiful, Hiking, Biking, Yoga, Running, Climbing rocks, Drinking wine on the beach, Sitting by Lake Superior, watching foreign films, hiking 10-hours to the highest village in Asia only to find out that the "short cut" takes less than 3.

• arts
• photography
• wine
• yoga
• running
• drinking
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• cycling
• hiking
• rock climbing
• languages
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Foreign films, esp. espanol. Documentary movies... Ayn Rand. Classic mystery novels. Tom Robbins. Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Eclectic ear for good tunes. Jazz. Latin. Creole. Black Eyed Snakes. Radiohead. MIA. Devendra Banhart.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Jumped from 100ft cliffs in Ios, Greece. Climbed Snowden and Old Man Conostan in UK. Little trolls in Salzburg. Basked in the New Year sun on top of city center roof in Rome. Road tripped to Tacoma during snow and rain. Strolled along the Ghats at night in Varanasi with Doug. That's more than one...

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to share traveling stories. Many stories. I also teach yoga, work in the publishing industry, and love to meet up to learn and practice new languages.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States