CURRENT MISSION

Become fluent in as many languages as is humanly possible.

ABOUT ME

Finishing up a comparative literature masters while living in Argentina. Couch, alas, no longer available.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is much too important to be taken seriously.
O.W.
If I could say it better than Oscar, I would, but I can't.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

So far I've drunk a lot of wine, eaten a lot of cheese, made up a lot of beds and done some vacuuming and scrubbing.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have stayed with some lovely people from France to Japan, and had some awesome visitors - good times all around.

Interests

Good books, travelling (goes without saying, I guess), ice cream, movies, music, cooking, languages/linguistics

• books
• literature
• cooking
• wine
• cheese
• movies
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Children of Men, Harold and Maude, Gosford Park, The Constant Gardener, Cleo de 5 a 7, Un long dimanche de fiancailles

Iron and Wine, Sam Cooke, Coconut Records, Florence and the Machine, Kate Bush, Vivaldi

Anything by Angela Carter, otherwise: P&P, The Secret Garden, The Importance of Being Earnest, Cpt. Corelli's Mandolin, and Boy, Snow, Bird

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Tiger Leaping Gorge - The view! The view!

Teach, Learn, Share

Hmm... some mandolin/guitar chords, basic English, French or German grammar, or how to make a mean crepe!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Canada, China, Croatia, Germany, Haiti, Iceland, Japan, Laos, Montenegro, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, Germany