A curious and introspective one always intrigued by novelty :)

Originally from California, and spent time studying in Spain and Portugal for college. Currently trying out the east coast for a bit.

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"He looked around him as if seeing the world for the first time. The world was beautiful, strange and mysterious. Here was blue, here was yellow, here was green, sky and river, woods and mountains, all beautiful, all mysterious and enchanting."

"What you have experienced, no power on earth can take away from you. Not only our experiences, but all we have done, whatever great thoughts we may have had, and all we have suffered, all this is not lost, though it is past, we have brought it into being. Having been is a kind of being, and perhaps the surest kind. "

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Love meeting folks from different backgrounds. Always happy to cook and share a meal together with hosts and guests

I couchsurfed in Europe while studying abroad in Barcelona, and happy to meet guests in NYC!

Interests

• design
• photography
• documentaries
• cooking
• painting
• drawing
• piano
• hiking
• languages
• psychology
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Boyhood, Waking Life, Birdman, Eternal Sunshine on the Spotless Mind, The Little Prince, Moana, Lalaland, Amelie

Music: Hans Zimmer, Kishi Bashi, MIKA, Wild Child, Beauty Slap, Daft Punk, Jon Hopkins, Above & Beyond

Books: 1984, Art of Loving, Siddhartha, Sapiens, Man's Search For Meaning, It's What I Do

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Teaching photography to kids in India

Teach, Learn, Share

Photography, languages, drawing/ painting

What I Can Share with Hosts

cooking, drawing

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Puerto Rico, Scotland, Serbia, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Portugal, Spain, United States