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Overview

  • 5 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning German
  • 44, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • This and that
  • Masters in Public Admin
  • From Willows, CA, USA
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To see as much of the world as I possibly can.

ABOUT ME

Pretty laid back guy who enjoys getting to know new people and doing new things.

PHILOSOPHY

Live and let live

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have put my couch up for anyone who would like to visit Heidelberg. I am also traveling to Australia and New Zealand for the next few months and I plan to visit interesting people around those countries.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed in Sydney and Hobart in Australia and Kaiserslautern in Germany and had a great time seeing the area through the eyes of those who live there. I have yet to host, but I am looking forward to it as soon as I am through traveling.

Interests

scuba diving, music, traveling, cooking, great wine, good company,strong men and making future stories to tell.

  • cooking
  • wine
  • traveling
  • music
  • scuba diving
  • history

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Star Wars, Bladerunner, Anchorman, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Restrepo, The Other Guys, The Matrix, Donnie Darko, Dazed and Confused, Memphis Bell, Fog of War, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Labyrinth, The Big Lebowski, Boondock Saints and many others.

Music: VNV Nation, The Killers, Depeche Mode, Mindless Self Indulgence, Weezer, The Birthday Massacre, AFI, White Lies, Assemblage 23, Seabound, Metric, Leonard Cohen, Florence and the Machine

Books: Fight Club, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Storm of Steel, Slaughterhouse 5, The Wanting Seed, Three Cups of Tea, A Clockwork Orange, Ender's Game, Me Talk Pretty One Day, War, The Forgotten Soldier, Animal Farm, 1984, Stones into Schools, Gates of Fire, Choke, Game of Thrones, Old Man's War, World War Z

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I climbed on the Ziggurat at Ur just outside of Nasiriyah in Iraq. It is over 6,000 years old.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach English and History on top of clapping with one hand.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Afghanistan, Czech Republic, Germany, Iraq, Kosovo, Kuwait, United Kingdom, United States

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