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Overview

  • 37 references 18 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Portuguese, Spanish
  • 43, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • Gardener
  • Sunbridge College, NY and my travels...
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About Me

Musician, gardener, computer nerd, fitness and health enthusiast, astrologer, outdoorsman, gourmand and all around weird, wild and fun dude with lots of knowledge and experience to share.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love meeting, hosting and visiting people from all over the world and have had some of life's greatest and most fulfilling experiences and relationships that way. As a traveler who was helped and hosted by many over the years I'm always eager to assist and help other travelers for the rest of my life as a way to pay back the kindness I've received.

Interests

All kinds of music, writing, cooking, playing my guitar and various forms of percussion, martial arts, hiking and camping, skateboarding, computers and gaming, herbs and natural medicine, organic and bio-dynamic gardening, sidereal astrology, shooting rifles and marksmanship, photography, good films, good books etc.

  • singing
  • cooking
  • organic food
  • reading
  • traveling
  • guitar
  • hiking
  • camping
  • skateboarding
  • martial arts
  • languages
  • travel
  • videogames
  • playing guitar
  • outdoors
  • astrology
  • karate
  • organic gardening
  • computers
  • herbal medicine
  • classic cars
  • writing music
  • playing games
  • conspiracy theories
  • european culture
  • open minded people
  • reading and writing
  • european history
  • intelligent conversation
  • working on cars
  • mandela effect
  • vintage mercedes benz
  • shooting rifles
  • anti-political correctness

Music, Movies, and Books

My musical tastes and interests span the gamut of classic punk from the 70's and 80's, Scandinavian metal, 60's and 70's classic rock, flamenco, fado, jazz and jazz manouche, all 50's music (I love classic Elvis), reggae and ska from the 70's, samba, bossa nova, vintage country music, good trip hop as well as old school hip hop from the 80's and 90's, synthwave etc. the list could go on and on!

I love to read as well. Haruki Murakami is my favorite fiction writer.

Movies would include Fight Club, They Live, Gangs of New York, There Will Be Blood, a bunch of other weird movies and I love Clint Eastwood Westerns.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My whole life has been a series of amazing and at times highly random, for better or worse, moments. I once talked a man out of killing himself. Spent an entire night in one of the most epic conversations I've ever had. That was an exhausting but exhilarating experience all at once.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can show you the basics of finger-picking style guitar (classical, flamenco), I can teach you how to drum. I'm an awesome cook and can probably show you a thing or two in the kitchen. I have a lot of random knowledge on a wide variety of subjects so ask me anything and you might learn something new!

I'd like to learn more about computer coding and various languages as I'm teaching myself how to program right now. I also love learning actual languages so I'm always interested in meeting foreign language speakers.

Anyone who plays any kind of instrument or sings is always welcome to share your music and jam if you'd like.

I am a very advanced sidereal astrologer. I have done charts for hundreds of people around the world. If you are interested maybe I can give you some insight into your character and life events.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Refer to the above, a little redundant no?

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

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