CURRENT MISSION

Travel to as many countries on the eastern hemisphere before returning across the pond.

ABOUT ME

I am an American from California, but born and raised between both New Hampshire and Vermont. I have recently graduated and have returned to Lyon, France for the year working as a teaching assistant. This time around I am trying to hit all the places I didn't get to the last time I was here. I am still a sucker for old stuff, and places with monuments, ruins, pyramids, etc. are especially exciting.
I have a passion for foreign languages and would like to learn more. Going to countries where I have the possibility to use or at least hear the language is especially a bonus.

PHILOSOPHY
I'll go wherever the wind blows

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
After surfing a couple of times now with nothing but great experiences and cool people CS is definitely something I will be using wherever I go. All of my hosts have made my trips infinitely better :] Not only do you get to meet really cool, like-minded and open people, you get to not feel like a tourist. Couchsurfing gives a different kind of adventure to traveling and it is such a great community.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

-Venice/Padova
-Geneva
-Budapest
-Fez
-Amsterdam
-Berlin
-Prague
-Poland
-Belgium
-Germany
-Athens
-Crete

Interests

Languages, traveling, sightseeing (tourist-y I know), photography, food

• photography
• dining
• chocolate
• yoga
• traveling
• surfing
• languages
• sightseeing
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

The Secret Garden, V for Vendetta, Wristcutters, Donnie Darko, Amelie, Step Brothers, Little Miss Sunshine

Books that I had my nose in from morning to under my blanket at witching hour with a flashlight when I was younger. I don't read nearly as much as I should now.
Currently reading: Lungo cammino verso la libertà, autobiografia di Nelson Mandela

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Slept under the stars in the Sahara desert (Hotel d'une mille etoiles), doing yoga in the mountains with Stella in Crete.

Teach, Learn, Share

If you speak a language other than English and I am learning it, I will speak it until you get frustrated with my attempts and we absolutely must switch to English in order to make progress.

What I Can Share with Hosts

If you are trying to practice English or French, I will also happily speak with you if that is what you wish.

If not, there is this Death by Chocolate trifle that I can teach you how to make because it's really easy and tastes really good despite its simplicity and the fact that all the times I have made it, it has never managed to be a trifle rather than a...dual-layer.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, England, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States