CURRENT MISSION

see the world, learn everything, do something great, be happy

ABOUT ME

I love to read, especially classical literature and biographies. I love road trips, trains trips, boat trips, bike trips and walking. I fly a lot but hate it. I like small towns with lakes, and building and then sitting by camp fires. I have a weird desire to chop wood anytime I see an axe and a tree. I like to lift heavy things. The stars never fail to fascinate me. I love the opera, sailing, building things. I can more or less fix anything, including but not limited to cars, home appliances, computers, all varieties of plumbing, etc… I'm excellent at what I do for a living but I could stop tomorrow and never think twice about it. I find this very unsettling. I wish I was good singer. I find cleaning my house very cathartic. I like wine and cooking meals of food. I'm activity working on thinking less.

PHILOSOPHY

be yourself; everyone else is already taken

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

none yet, i'm new!

Interests

surfing, hiking, sailing, math, great beer, treking, backpacking, live music, biking, sports, exercising, getting away from it all, meeting new people, seeing new places, challenging myself with new things, reading, building stuff

• literature
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• exercise
• walking
• flying
• boating
• reading
• cars
• music
• live music
• opera
• cycling
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• surfing
• sailing
• sports
• mathematics
• road trips
• lakes

Music, Movies, and Books

John Irving, Oscar Wilde, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, T. H. White, Thich Nhat Hanh, Daniel Gilbert, Ernest Hemingway, Albert Camus, Chuck Palahniuk,
Friedrich Nietzsche, Henry David Thoreau, many others i'm clearly forgetting

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The Camino de Santiago was a special trip for me, as I walked it with my younger brother.

Surfing off the coast at night in the very southwest corner of Portugal. A little bit crazy in hindsight, but the stars where unlike anywhere I've ever seen in the world.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Grenada, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, Ecuador, Ukraine, United States