CURRENT MISSION

Learn as many languages as possible (a challenge for me) and get my PhD

ABOUT ME

once a schemiel, always a schemiel

PHILOSOPHY

I do nothing quick.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I traveled in France. I would like to host soon, but in the past few years I have not had a living room.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My trip to France was my first experience with couch surfing. It was very positive--thanks again to my hosts! I surfed again in Cairo and it was also a great experience. I find that staying with locals is the best way to learn about a place.

Interests

photography, hiking, trains, travel, books, history

• books
• photography
• traveling
• hiking
• surfing
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Jim Jarmusch, Woody Allen, Almodovar, Truffaut, Roman Polanski, howlin' wolf, screamin' jay hawkings, charles mingus, thelonious monk, miles davis, velvet underground, tom waits, roy orbison, little richard, bo diddley, chuck berry, Gunter Grass, Vladimir Nabokov, Henry Miller, Milan Kundera, John Kennedy Tool, Walker Percy, Thomas Pynchon

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being in Egypt during the most recent revolution.

Teach, Learn, Share

Well, I could talk about history or teach photography if you have a darkroom.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Egypt, France, Jordan, Nigeria, Sri Lanka

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States