CURRENT MISSION

Find the lost city of gold

ABOUT ME

I'm a freelance journalist based in Madrid, Spain, and I write for several publications in the US and Europe. I cover Spain as well as North Africa, so I was writing about the recent revolutions in North Africa.

I also run a group called ArchaeoSpain (www.archaeospain.com), which organizes international teams that join archaeological excavations in Spain and Italy. I've been a bit swamped with work over the last few years, so I hope to dedicate a lot of time in the near future to wandering...

PHILOSOPHY

Why do I live my life? Who else is going to do it?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Great so far

Interests

I am interested in hearing your interests...

• writing
• running
• freelancing
• journalism

Music, Movies, and Books

I watch a lot of movies. One film I saw recently which blew my mind was Rififi, a French movie from the 50s directed by a blacklisted US director about a jewel heist. And I'll watch anything with a sword fight in it. I just read a masterpiece called A Fine Balance about India.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I discovered a huge cache of skeletons in a secret cave beneath a Roman funerary temple in a Middle Eastern desert. And I once ate nine cheeseburgers in one sitting on a long road trip through the Midwest. And on my last trip through Asia I discovered that I have a knack for finding dead bodies...

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, Morocco, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, South Africa, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Ireland, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

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