CURRENT MISSION

backpacking through Southeast Asia

ABOUT ME

Student of history at Youngstown State University in the US. I'm currently spending a semester abroad in Taipei, Taiwan, which is an amazing city. I love meeting new people, and thoroughly enjoy learning about their background and culture. I would describe myself as easy-going and happy-go-lucky.

PHILOSOPHY

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.â

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm studying abroad right now, staying in the dorms, so I can't host anyone. However, once I get back to the US, and get settled back in my apartment, I'll be more than willing to host folks.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I mostly stayed with my friends and at some hostels during my backpack trip through Europe, so I only have a few CouchSurfing experiences. However, I did do some CouchSurfing in Europe, where I met some amazing people, and had a great time. Looking forward to meeting some fellow CouchSurfers here in Taiwan.

Interests

conversations over coffee or beers, I also like bikes, hikes, books, newspapers, photography, film, music, nature, camping, running, micro-brews, vegetarianism, positivity, political activism, sarcasm

• culture
• books
• photography
• beer
• coffee
• running
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Wes Anderson movies... Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Darjeeling Limited, Bottle Rocket, The Life Aquatic... Lost in Translation, Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind, Almost Famous, Happy Go Lucky, Me and You and Everyone We Know, I Heart Huckabees, Little Miss Sunshine, Groundhog Day, Big Fish, Into the Wild, Before Sunrise, Once, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Big Lebowski, Harold and Maude, Harvey, Avatar...

Books: Norwegian Wood, Kafka on the Shore, Ishmael, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Little Prince, Wonder Boys, Band of Brothers, High Fidelity, About a Boy...

Music: Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Beck, Cake, The Violent Femmes, Radiohead, The White Stripes, The Beatles, The Stones, Sigur Ros, The Arcade Fire, Cat Stevens, Yusuf Islam, Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, Joni Mitchell, Xavier Rudd, Keller Williams, Ben Folds, Belle and Sebastian, The Frames, Swell Season, Damien Rice, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Smiths, The Shins, The Clash, Pink Floyd...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Camping/hiking in the Swiss Alps left me awestruck.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Taiwan, Turkey, United States

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