I'm very laid-back and generally pretty quiet, so whether I'm hosting or visiting chances are you won't even know I'm there. That being said I enjoy conversation over coffee or wine, meeting new people and learning about the world.

Be excellent to each other!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm new to Couchsurfing but I've always been enamored with the idea and think it's a wonderful way to truly immerse oneself in local culture while traveling on a budget.

Interests

Reading, writing, movies, music, bouldering, hiking, camping, traveling, coffee, cats, tennis, nutrition + veganism, sleeping it off, wine

• cats
• culture
• writing
• wine
• coffee
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• camping
• tennis
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Always a tough question. I'm open to almost anything, but just a few of my favorite musicians are Smashing Pumpkins (pre-reanimation), Paul Simon/Simon and Garfunkel, Fleet Foxes, Hozier, Jack White and all his projects, and others of their kind.

For movies, I'm a Lord of the Rings and Wes Anderson buff and tend to be drawn to stuff like I Heart Huckabees. But I delight in films in general, so I also love the MCU and Star Wars and Intouchables and the Insidious franchise, the Coen Brothers and Christopher Nolan and all the rest.

Books-wise: I of course love LOTR and am currently reading Game of Thrones; I adore Toni Morrison and David Mitchell and Victor Hugo, I grew up reading Hermann Hesse and was nurtured as much by that shadowy Jungian umbilical as I was by real life. I don't feel complete unless I've got a book by my bedside, and I choose those books with care. Any and all recommendations are welcome!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiked the Appalachian Trail

Teach, Learn, Share

I speak French and a bit of Korean, and as an English teacher/having studied linguistics I adore comparing, learning, and teaching languages. I'm a long-distance hiker and I love to exercise!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Cambodia, China, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Korea, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, South Korea, United States