CURRENT MISSION

To find lodging while I spend a few days in Temecula Ca

ABOUT ME

I love animals, laugh a lot (& sometimes loudly) and am happiest when learning & experiencing new things. I'm extremely polite, respectful of other cultures and enjoy most ethnic foods. I would be as unobtrusive as possible should you deign to lend me your couch =)

PHILOSOPHY

I approach life with an open mind and the sure knowledge, that as I am human I do not know everything nor am I always correct. There are so many things to learn from other people & other cultures -- different ways of thinking, skills, customs.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm just beginning.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Last-minute host for a traveller.

Interests

-Cooking -- especially learning new dishes
-learning how to do things (quilting, home brewing, welding, etc)
-enjoying live performances (music, theatre, comedy, etc)

I'm a (stone) mason, so I thoroughly enjoy seeing other's work

• animals
• cooking
• walking
• music
• last minute travel

Music, Movies, and Books

'foreign' films, film Noir, documentaries, the Big Lebowski & Anchorman, Kurosawa's entire body of work, The Man from Nowhere. Books... Non-fiction historical travel adventure =)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-the first time I rode a motorbike beside a canola field -- the amazing smell... that whole trip actually
-the moon lighting up the crests of the waves in Big Sur during a trip up the coast
-waiting outside as my host was negotiating with a butcher in Ecuador -- light rain, moss? growing on the power lines, indigenous people walking by

Teach, Learn, Share

What could I teach... most things re: residential masonry, most things re: household reno/repair, how to cook a couple family dishes

Countries I’ve Visited

Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Morocco, Spain, Taiwan, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Spain, Taiwan