ABOUT ME

I'm a 33 year old from the USA. I was born in Colorado, raised in Chicago, went to school in Wisconsin, lived abroad in Italy, Japan and Australia, and now I'm living and working in Brooklyn, NY!

I'm a little shy at first but I open up easily and love meeting new people. I'm very open to trying anything new.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I believe in authentic travel..experiencing a place by meeting the people who live there and wandering around organically, not by staying in hotels and sticking to a tight tourist schedule. That's why I've been part of couchsurfing since 2007 :)

Interests

travel (especially by train and bicycle) writing, reading, music, cooking, photography, culture, running, yoga, art, ideas, exploring new places, languages (particularly italian and japanese), poetry, concerts, learning, meeting new people and spending time with all the amazing people in my life

• arts
• culture
• writing
• poetry
• photography
• concerts
• cooking
• yoga
• running
• reading
• traveling
• music
• scuba diving
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

music: the beatles, bob dylan, david bowie, wilco, talking heads, of montreal, aretha franklin, four tet, sigur ros, bjork, the clash, george harrison, david byrne..

books: nearly all works by james joyce & salman rushdie. also love lolita, the divine comedy, jane eyre, kandinsky's concerning the spiritual in art. poetry by ferlinghetti, ginsberg, ee cummings, cd wright..

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Got lost for hours in a Thai jungle during a huge storm

Diving the great barrier reef in Australia and the barrier reef of Honduras.

Traveled as a pilgrim along the Shikoku (Japan) 88 temple pilgrimage path

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malta, Mexico, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Italy, Japan, United States

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