I love cheese and puns.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Though I've had a profile for years, I've only CSed once in Istanbul. Had a horrible experience so I was turned off of it fora while. Love the idea behind it though so as I begin some traveling again, I'd like to give CS another chance.

Interests

I love learning how to cook new types of food, learn new languages, and have good conversations over local beers. I'm always looking for anything that excites the nerves (skydiving, cliff jumping, volcano climbing, etc). Any chance to be spontaneous and do something off the beaten path is definitely a top interest.

• dining
• cooking
• cheese
• beer
• traveling
• skydiving
• cliff jumping
• rock climbing
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - The Shins, Passion Pit, Designer Drugs, Cake, MGMT, Scissor Sisters, Arcade Fire, Crystal Castles, Deadmau5, Peter Bjorn & John, TV on the Radio, Buraka Som Sistema, Ratatat, Girl Talk

Books - A Clockwork Orange, The Art of Racing in the Rain, Bossypants, Stiff: The Curious Life of Human Cadavers, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Neverwhere, The Bonfire of the Vanities, The Speed of Dark

Movies - LOTR, Garden State, Cloud Atlas, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Easy A, Mean Girls, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I booked a one way plane ticket to move to Minneapolis, MN eight days before I moved there. I had no job lined up, no apartment, and I had never been there before. Two years later, I am still living in Minneapolis and have no regrets about packing up my life and taking a chance on something new.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Burundi, Canada, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Netherlands, Portugal, Tanzania, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, Jordan, Rwanda, Spain, United States