Things that bring me joy:
-meaningful conversations
-learning random facts
-good cups of coffee
-learning about new cultures and types of people
-traveling
-pleasing smells

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'd like to see the world from a more personal view, through the lens of people who live in those particular areas. Staying in an individual's home rather than a hotel or hostel is an entirely different experience.

Plus the cost-efficiency is quite the benefit. :)

Interests

People, hiking, literature (prose & poetry), baking, all forms of music (from the standpoint of listening or learning or making), joking.

• literature
• poetry
• coffee
• baking
• traveling
• music
• hiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: nearly every kind of music, with the exception of scream-o and a great emphasis of 20's and 30's swing/jazz music.

Movies: Disney, Jane Austen, Batman, Interstellar, Into the Woods, She's the Man, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Into the Wild, God Grew Tired of Us

Books: Jane Austen, The Kite Runner, The Great Gatsby, John Donne's poetry, Lawrence Ferlinghetti's poetry, The Screwtape Letters, Snow, Sohrab and Rostam

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In Madrid I bought a 1/2 kilo cookies from the back door of a convent in an alleyway. But they really were cookies and they really were from a nun, despite the misleading plastic bag which contained them.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'm really low-maintenance, and enjoy learning from/about other people. No need to worry about a lack of cleanliness -- I'd even do the dishes if you'd let me.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Mexico, Russian Federation, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, United States