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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
To Give Back to Those Who Have Done So Much For Me
ABOUT ME
- Lifetime eductaor
- Self-appointed polyglot
- Values...uncompromising and unapologetic
- Eternally open to learn how the world works and bring it home
- Appreciative of the U.S.A., but needs to pull up stakes and see what others are up to
PHILOSOPHY
Everyone has their own story which pushes the limits of astonishment. Soon enough, yours will be known to others. Someone whom you thought to be ordinary will make yu see yourself and life at a totally different angle.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
- Time to give back to those who have done so much for me
- Have been fortunate to be in this position
- Take much pride and pleasure in opening doors for others
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
- Relatively new
- Initial feedback has been very posotive
- There are very giving and caring people out there who ask little in return but your own kindness and respect
Interests
- Sports of all kinds (Special love for baseball)
- Travel...next door or next continent
- Current events: politics, culture, literature
- People who hve a story to tell
- WRITING TRAVEL NARRATIVES...
- culture
- writing
- literature
- politics
- traveling
- sports
- baseball
Music, Movies, and Books
- Film: Dead Poets Society
- Authors: Kipling, Dalrymple, Naipaul, Theroux, Greene, Pritchett, Washington Irving, Twain
- Music: Spanish Classical Guitar, U2, Sting, "American Pie", Simon & Garfunkel
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
One amazing thing? Just ONE?
- In The Netherlands, I interpreted for a man who had traveled on a wing and a prayer from Mexico to meet his son for the first time. With others on the last day, we found his boy in town and arranged the meeting. You had to be there when they showed up the next night, arm in arm, to thank us.
Teach, Learn, Share
I am open and available to those who need a little help in the right direction.
Countries I’ve Visited
Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, El Salvador, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland
Countries I’ve Lived In
Belgium, Canada, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United States
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