CURRENT MISSION

to understand

ABOUT ME

Since launching into medical school / residency training I haven't had as much time to travel or host unfortunately, but CS memories have definitely impacted who I am and how I travel for the better. I had the privilege to study at University of Washington in Seattle and spend a semester on exchange at Copenhagen University, which allowed me to become acquainted with the city and other parts of the fairy tale country of Denmark and some parts of Europe. Before that I taught English in Taiwan for a summer and did some backpacking in Ecuador. In the coming days and years I hope to balance my studies with as much travel and quirky activities as possible.

PHILOSOPHY

Seek out experiences that open my mind and help me become a better person or at least more aware, and hopefully have a similar effect on others.

If you're bored, you're boring.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've had wonderful experiences with CS. I've had the privilege to meet some fantastic and generous people and gain more access to cultures than I would have by staying in hostels/hotels. I love the more immediate familiarity between people that CS catalyzes and the social networks it builds. To me CS is more about meeting interesting people than a free couch.

99.9% of my experiences through CS have been fantastic, though I've had a few uncomfortable experiences on CS as well...I try not to pass judgement on others, but using CS as a venue for sexual encounters is definitely not my intention here.

Interests

rock climbing, reading, running, painting, language, film, photography

• photography
• festivals
• beer
• vegetarian
• yoga
• running
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• music
• guitar
• surfing
• rock climbing
• volunteering
• lakes
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite authors: Jonathan Safran Foer, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Roald Dahl

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

climbed Ruca Pichincha, Mt. Snowdon, camped in the Cascade mountains, 104 degree fever (malaria? unclear), roadtripped through Saskatchewan-Alberta-British Columbia, saw phosphorescence/bioluminescence in the Puget Sound, skinny dipped in a few glacial lakes, Roskilde Music Festival, saw northern lights over Lake Superior

Teach, Learn, Share

first aid and rock climbing...never thought about it until now but I suppose they sortof go hand in hand :) I can also bake delicious vegetarian moussaka and berry pies.

I'd like to learn how to swan dive, play guitar, drive stick shift, make furniture, kite surf, uncap a beer bottle with another beer bottle, yoga

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Hungary, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, United States