Hi! I'm Tom, a guy from the States who lives and travels with his wife Elana. We're from New England: Elana from Massachusetts, me from Maine. We met in Vermont at university and have lived together since, traveling off and on between employment. We lived in the Republic of Georgia for a year while teaching English, that's really where my experience on Couchsurfing began. I now work for a group tour operator back in Boston so I get to travel independently more often, much to Elana's dismay. I'm a very flexible guy when traveling, always down to drop my plans when someone local gives a great tip. Favorite travels have been to Lebanon, Corsica, and Japan.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet other people and have genuine experiences while traveling, and to see who comes through our city.

Interests

- Any and all outdoor activities, though my recently broken leg has tampered my abilities a bit
- Anything regarding maps
- Navigating new cities
- Cooking, we usually skew towards Mediterranean and Middle Eastern food
- Reading for hours
- Trivia
- Thrift / antique store interior design. I worked for a long time at a nonprofit second hand store
- Post-Soviet countries
- American football
- Collecting new music
- Alcohol, specifically whiskey and beer that is neither terrible nor excessively snobby. I also love bitter liqueurs, Unicum / Amaro / etc.

• cooking
• recipes
• beer
• thrifting
• trivia
• reading
• tv
• traveling
• music
• outdoor activities
• american football
• soccer
• cartography

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The Master and the Margarita; Snow; Blackwater; Under the Banner of Heaven; Race Matters; The Brothers Karamazov; When Affirmative Action Was White; Invisible Man; Darkness at Noon; Tristessa; Dune; The Game of Thrones series; A Collection of Vital Phenomena; Everything is Illuminated; etc

Music: Gogol Bordello; Ty Segall; The Kills; Arcade Fire; Beastie Boys; The Brian Jonestown Massacre; David Bowie; These United States; The Kinks; Talking Heads; Pixies; Ween; Steven Malkmus; Murder by Death; Rage Against the Machine; LCD Soundsystem; Thee Oh Sees; Taj Mahal; Devotchka; Deer Tick; The Clash; Animal Collective; Against Me; Fort Lean; Giant Sand; Modest Mouse; Stevie Wonder; Television; The Cure, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being hosted and fed throughout Japan by my sister-in-law's TV cooking show celebrity father.

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Georgia, United States