ABOUT ME

I like to read and write, and I love to learn about things with which I am less familiar. I have always enjoyed traveling and have been lucky enough to do so quite often. I love meeting new people and enjoy spending time in new places, trying new things. My favorite part about traveling is wandering around new places in between fantastic meals that I would struggle to find anywhere else.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I unfortunately cannot host at the moment, but I would love to meet up and would love to meet residents of the places where I travel. I always enjoy meeting new people and have a lot of fun doing so.

Interests

Reading, writing, film, soccer, traveling, teaching, meeting people, learning new things, cooking.

• writing
• cooking
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• soccer

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Beckett's The Unnamable, O'Brien's At Swim-Two-Birds, Pynchon's V, Calvino's If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, Pamuk's The Black Book, Hemon's The Lazarus Project, Melville's Moby Dick, Joyce's Ulysses, Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, Nietzsche's Ecce Homo, Dante's Purgatorio.

Movies: Big Fish, Synecdoche New York, Rocco and His Brothers, Dumb and Dumber.

Music: Radiohead, St. Vincent, Smashing Pumpkins, Joanna Newsom, Beirut, Sufjan Stevens, Arcade Fire, Animal Collective, Panda Bear.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I like to talk about a variety of things with a variety of people, so a good conversation is always on offer. In Venice, I can take you to great restaurants and bars where you can taste the local fare and really enjoy Venice. I wish I could host, but my living situation does not permit that, unfortunately. I can help with the language, and I can help with recommendations for other travel destinations in and out of Italy.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Netherlands, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Turkey, United States