“The core of mans' spirit comes from new experiences.” ― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Since the very early years of my childhood, traveling has been a huge part of my life. As I have now lived in the United States for 15 years, I feel that I have lost some of the curiosity and excitement that traveling gave me as a young boy. I have realized that American society puts a tremendous amount of pressure on people my age to know what they want to do with the rest of their lives by the time they graduate from higher education. I am halfway done with the third year of my college education; I have one year left and I still have no idea what I want to do with my life. The only thing I know for sure is that, whatever I do, I want to travel. Some of the best memories of my life have come from the times that I lived over seas, or was traveling with my family. I want to recreate those memories, and discover things about myself that I haven't encountered yet. The reason I am couchsurfing is because I want to challenge myself to live outside of the mundane; I want to meet new people and have new experiences.

Interests

I love creating music and art.

• arts
• education
• traveling
• music
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

The Head and The Heart, Bon Iver, Dry the River, Blind Pilot, Sylvan Esso, Phox, Ben Howard, CHVRCHES, The Civil Wars, Dawes, Volcano Chior, Fleet Foxes, Local Natives, Matt Corby, Milk Carton Kids, MREE, Penny & Sparrow, Sleeping at Last, Typhoon, Walk the Moon, The Oh Hellos, Two Doors Cinema Club.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ziplinning through the rainforest in Costa Rica

Teach, Learn, Share

English

What I Can Share with Hosts

Music... I will also clean your dishes :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Honduras, Israel, Russian Federation

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, United States