ABOUT ME

I'm probably the most sarcastic person you'll ever meet, but not in a bitchy way. Think Eric Foreman. In addition to my ridiculously dry sense of humour, I'm also an unfortunately awkward conversationalist. I promise you, it's not you, it's me. Words don't tend to come out right and more often than not, it makes me the butt of a lot of jokes.

Other these practically non-existent faults, I'm an easy-going, nice person. I love to travel, meet new people, form new friendships, and make memories.

PHILOSOPHY

Pray for miracles, but plant cabbages.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I LOVE to surf. I don't know if I can host at this moment in time (very small apartment), but I'm always up to grab coffee if you're in the Florence area.

Interests

Talking to other people who travel is a fun way to spend my time. I also like hanging out at museums, which is a good thing because I studied them. Yes, you can study them. No, I don't want to be a tour guide. I also love reading. You may never see me without a book in my bag!

• coffee
• reading
• traveling
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Far too many to name. Titanic, for one. That can't be overlooked. All the Brat Pack films, and other 80s movies like Adventures in Babysitting and the Blues Brothers. More recently, Room, About Time, About a Boy, The Way, Love Actually, Wild Target, etc. Again, it's a long list.

Music: Fall Out Boy, City and Colour, Ed Sheeran, Florence and the Machine, Adele, The Avett Brothers, Owl City, Passion Pit, Shiny Toy Guns. There's really no uniformity there....

Books: Pillars of the Earth, Shadow of the Wind, The Brightest Kind of Darkness, and anything by Kathryn Reiss and Carol Goodman.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

--Coming face-to-face with a reality unlike my own when I saw Wenceslas Square in Prague.
--Seeing City and Colour live in Italy.
--Eating Reggae Ketchup in Bath.
--That time I met a Holocaust survivor while selling paintings at a mall in a Venice suburb.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can teach you some English and Italian language :-)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United States