Hi there! I'm Phil, I'm a filmmaker, software engineer, and a bartender. I grew up in moving around internationally and love to travel and make friends from all over the world. I love movies and books, if you are a film buff or a big reader we will have lots to talk about. I'm also a big baseball fan and an avid pool player.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have a long history with couchsurfing! When I was living in Prague in 2008 I joined and hosted HUNDREDS of people that year, it was really fun and I got to meet so many great people. I have used it for traveling a handful of times, and when I was living in Portland I was able to host again for a few years. For some reason, I stopped using it for many years, I keep thinking the advent of AirBnB had something to do with it, but nothing can replace the comradery and novelty of a great couchsurfing experience. Now that I have my own apartment I thought I'd try it out again, looking forward to meeting more great friends!

Interests

Movies, Music, Literature, Food, Drink, Philosophy, Spirituality, Love, Happiness, Drunkenness mingled with regret, youth, ghostriding, irregular sleep patterns, travel, dissassociation from material bonds, love, nature, astronomy, writing, and love

• writing
• literature
• dining
• working out
• drinking
• flying
• movies
• traveling
• music
• astronomy
• emergency services
• military science

Music, Movies, and Books

Too much to write. I just watched Mirror in the cinema, it may be the greatest film of all time. But I have eclectic tastes, I like lots of different things from different places for different reasons.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One summer I bicycled from Amsterdam to Ljubljana and had an amazing time. My brother was living in Amsterdam, so from there I biked into the Rheinland and through the Ruhrgebiet and down the Ruhr Valley, I joined my father in Frankfurt and we cut east into Franken and saw Nürnberg, headed south to Munich, my father stopped riding but I was joined by another friend and we biked through Oberbayern and into Austria via Salzburg (amazing place!), then we did a deadly ride through the Alps and come out through Trigalev Park in Slovenia (the most breathtaking place on Earth perhaps), and through the mountains into Ljubljana. I wish I could have kept riding till Istanbul!

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm big on learning foreign languages, right now I'm studying Turkish, so if you are a Turkish speaker don't be surprised if I offer to host you in exchange for speaking with me :p

What I Can Share with Hosts

Whatever I got!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, United States, Yemen