CURRENT MISSION
...I live in Berlin now...

to take everything as it comes and not get worked up over the small things

I like to make things, garden, ride bikes.
I'm from the States and after living in Prague for nine years, and Hradec for 2 years, I moved to Berlin.

I really prefer being outdoors to indoors.
I enjoy working with kids. I was running my own café-bar for 3 years in Prague and teaching with various school projects. Now Im working in a Family Cafe and teaching kids online...and hope to work in 2 pre-schools again...once school is back to its regular schedule.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

It is so nice to stay with people than to stay in some hostel or dorm.
I live in guesthouse and am not so sure how it'll work with CSing... we can see. I have an extra bike you can borrow and I'm happy to show you around town.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I first couchsurfed in Berlin in 2007 and hosted my hosts back in Prague a couple times. Later that spring I meet people in Istanbul through CS, stayed with people in Romania through CS and Hospitality Club and hosted people from HC. It is like hitching and rideshares...such a diverse community of people, which you often can't manage to meet on trains and buses or driving your own car.

Interests

fiddles, gardens, building things, learning to speak different languages, bicycling, swimming, and cooking with other people.

• fish
• cooking
• running
• clubbing
• gardening
• socializing
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• fishing
• swimming
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Film festivals. Documentaries are especially good.
Bus 184, Thin, Amelie, Radio Favela.
Some favorite films from my childhood- Journey of Natty Gann, the Never-Ending Story.

Good music includes: Gillian Welch, The Be Good Tanyas, old time music from Appalachia.... Rising Appalachia, Nohavica, Belle and Sebastian, Bjork, Manu Chao, Le Tigre, Nick Drake, Stereolab, The Blow, Magnetic Fields, Toots and the Maytals, Carla Brunei, Tom and Joyce, Morska Vlna AV.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

swimming with fish

Teach, Learn, Share

i would like to find people to talk about gardens and farming and permaculture and also interesting, "non-standard" ways of teaching/working with kids.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, El Salvador, France, Georgia, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, France, Mexico, United States

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