Writer, poet, journalist and fitness freak.

I am obsessed with learning about other cultures and love to cook; I can make anything from authentic chai to pub burgers.

I have alot of stories about alot of places and would love to swap them over food and/or drinks!

Hosting as of June 21st 2024!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet local people with a similar mindset, all of my favorite memories travaelling have been meeting people and spontaneously deciding to go for dinner in the souk after a walking tour or tagging along with locals for a beach day.

I also feel it's important to learn about a place from a locals perspective which this app facilitates, one of my favorite stays was at a hostel in ramallah where I loved with 5-7 locals depending on the day who I got to eat traditional food with and would take me with then on their daily excursions.

Interests

I love politics and learning about other cultures. I try and get my information on situations by being there and hearing what the people experiencing it have to say though this I can't do this for every situation I feel its important to balance out my perspective.

I love eating good food in an area I travel to especially food that is traditional or unique to that area though to date the best meal ive had was turkish food in London!
* Update, turkish food is now tied with the food my long lost Russian mother I met on couchsurfing Ana made me!

I also love music im a really big fan of Rick james, though more mainstream I like the who the rolling stones and AC/DC. Almost anything with a good bassline will win me over!

• cooking
• yoga
• politics
• music
• religion
• food
• reading books
• journaling

Music, Movies, and Books

I am a intermittent reader ill swear books off because they take to long then I'll read 10 books in 2 weeks because books are the only good source of information, I tend to read biographies and self help but feel I've kind of saturated the self help genre so I've moved on to classic fiction. I tend to stick with informal writers like Charles bukowski or Kurt vonnegut though I just finished my first hemmingway (the old man and the sea) which I enjoyed.

With music I love classic rock and R&B and everything from yellowman to Dean Martin. My main artists are rick james, the temptations, the rolling stones and serge gainsbourg. I love artists like serge gainsbourg who will topline over a variety of genres from jazz to reagge to rap.

I don't watch alot or TV or movies (mostly youtube) but I love films like goodfellas and the wolf of Wallstreet, I also enjoy watching whatever is new at the theaters every once in a while if it's somewhat within the crime or comedy genre.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Turkish hamam in Istanbul, the masseuse (65+ year old turkish man possibly an ex-wrestler) didn't speak English so he would just grab you and flip you over or push you into the floor to work your arms. To date the cleanest I have ever been and all for less then $40 CDN including 3 sodas!

Teach, Learn, Share

Politcs, culture, cooking, food!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Non stop jokes (pro and con) and world class dish washing (source my grandma).

I am more than willing to help out with dishes and chores as well as any grocery shopping or errands.

I can offer perspective and stories gained from over 3 months straight of travelling as well as a plethora of travel tips for many destinations.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Palestine, Scotland, Turkey, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada