I heard about Couchsurfing from hostel friends I made while in Thailand and gave it a try when backpacking Scandinavia and Central Europe the next summer. In a nutshell, I was floored by the generosity of strangers. Cheers to paying it forward!

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness [...] broad, wholesome, charitable views of men cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." (Mark Twain)

Music, Movies, and Books

Musical tastes range from indie pop to folk to 70's rock. A few favorite films are The Godfather, Saving Private Ryan, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, and Age of Adaline. Also, I recommend The Great Gatsby and When Breath Becomes Air to everyone for reading.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Significant overlap with a list I keep of "amazingly stupid things I've done" but a few gems are:

- lap feeding a local bear outside a chocolate factory in Denpasar
- deciding to hike through a hail storm in shorts at Franconia Ridge
- sleeping overnight at an abandoned mental asylum in Amsterdam
- driving into Bosnia without service and got by on directions from hitchhikers
- skinny dipping across the Connecticut River into VT and streaking back to NH
- exploring a forbidden palace in Santorini and getting slapped by an angry Greek man
- road tripping across the entire Iberian Peninsula in a week
- more to come...

If you’ve read this far, include your Instagram and tell me your favorite bakery in your hometown!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bahamas, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Cayman Islands, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Korea, Norway, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, United States