CURRENT MISSION

To travel and experience

ABOUT ME

I live in Capitol Hill with a little one bedroom apartment, right in the middle of it all.

I love talking travel. Meeting new people and discussing the adventures, cultures, politics, and unexpected experiences are the closest i can get to that indescribable joy that is being in a foreign culture

After serving in the Peace Corps, which is an american international volunteer development program, i moved here to Seattle and have fallen in love with the nature, music scene, and people.

PHILOSOPHY

Live to experience new things and cultures. It constantly challenges you to grow in new directions and gives you more perspective to accept this worlds wonderful diversity.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have a couch and floor space with and inflatable matress. Privacy is quite limited as the setup of my apartment is pretty open and only a set of french doors separate the bedroom from the living room.

In the end i hope to make some international friends who someday i could visit in return

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

While in the peace corps i hosted a couple of travelers and it was a delightful connection to the world outside of my mountainous coffee farming village.

I also played guest and stayed with a man in a Miami skyscraper who was incredibly generous and welcoming.

Both sides of the coin were wonderful experiences fo rme.

Interests

Hiking
Listening to live acoustic music
Gardening
Traveling
Reading

• culture
• coffee
• gardening
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• backpacking
• spelunking
• scuba diving
• snorkeling
• skydiving
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Indie, Folk, Bluegrass (especially punk and rockabilly influenenced), rock, world pop, i love hearing foreign new sounds, anything that isn't overly angry and yelling.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Skydiving over Manhattan, Kansas!
Backpacking through Red Rocks Arizona
Caving in the deepest cave in Jamaica (200 meters)
Cliff Diving
SCUBA diving by Port Antonio, Jamaica
Snorkeling over WWII planes off Crete, Greece
Tubing over a waterfall (well almost!)

Teach, Learn, Share

Gardening
Basic German
Organizational Strengthening in frustrating developing countries where everything moves at the pace of a snail

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, Jamaica, United States