I have hosted dozens of couch surfers over a couple years. I have moved to a more spacious residence and am open to hosting. I am a musician and spend much of the time composing, recording, playing shows and caring for our two kids. I usually like to show my guests around town, maybe try some of their cuisine from home, I kind of see this as a cultural exchange. It's usually been a lot of fun!
I am on CS to meet interesting people who are willing to share some of their culture with my family. This is not a hotel room; meaning I hope for guest(s) to participate in our life when they are staying with us. I am acurrently a full on single father of 2 small children (3 years old, and 2 years old), our guests must be aware that some mornings are more challenging than others, and our home is an active one (laughter, tantrums, cries/screams, and all)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We are on CS to meet interesting people other families, or individuals who are willing to share some of their culture with my family. This is not a hotel room; meaning I hope for our guest to engage with us to when they are staying with us. i am currently a full on single father of 2 small children (3 years old, and 2 year old), our guests must be aware that some mornings are more challenging than others, and our home is quite an active one (laughter, tantrums, cries/screams, and all)
That said...We've hosted almost a dozen times now, mostly during the summer, and had an overall good experience. We also surfed during our 6 weeks backpacking through Europe, and had a good time with all our hosts, but also meeting with some of the friends we had made during our time hosting.

Interests

Art history, music, swimming, foreign beers/drinks/cuisine, music, social justice, fishing, learning new dance steps, and travelling.

• arts
• culture
• dancing
• beer
• drinking
• traveling
• music
• fishing
• backpacking
• swimming
• history
• languages
• road trips

Music, Movies, and Books

Jazz, Blues, Rock & Roll, Folk, latin, music. Just finished reading the latest of lawrence Hill, The Illegal, very good book!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've set up and co-ordinated a music and recovery group for young survivors of brain injury.
Seeing some of the worlds amazing places (Guatemala; Cappadocia, (Turkey); Italy; etc)

Teach, Learn, Share

Anyone really!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Local knowledge, fishing and other little road trips, depending on circumstances of course.

Countries I’ve Visited

Botswana, Canada, Czech Republic, El Salvador, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Haiti, United States