CURRENT MISSION

To see and to learn

ABOUT ME

I have a good sense of humor, enjoy traveling and meeting new people.I am curious about things and enjoy learning.

PHILOSOPHY

Always remember and repay a kind deed and be thankful for your blessings. Humility and hard work are potent.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'd like to share my couch with people, and show them around whichever city I happen to be in at that time.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Met with CS-ers at meetings, has been great! Couchsurfed a few times has been great as well.

Interests

Biking, Running, Tennis, Books, Friends

• books
• dining
• cooking
• running
• traveling
• cycling
• tennis
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Lord of the Rings, Shawshank Redemption, Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal,The Apu Trilogy,Lives of Others,Lost in Translation, American Beauty, Dead Poets Society,and most things Pixar,Anderson, Kurosawa,and Bergman.

Music:Fleet Foxes,Royksopp,PVD,Hot Chip,Crystal Castles, MGMT, MIA,Gorillaz,Of Montreal, Animal Collective, Ambulance, Phoenix,Buena Vista Social Club,The Eagles, Aerosmith,Bruce Springsteen,Simon and Garfunkle,Cat Stevens, The National, Junip, Jose Gonzalez, Nick Drake.

Books:The Alchemist, The Catcher in the Rye,The Winter of Our Discontent,Fall, 36 Children, Team of Rivals, Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus,The Making of the American President, The Little Prince, My Experiments with Truth.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

People enjoying life amidst abject poverty and great tribulations.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd love to learn more languages: Italian and French are on my list.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Conversation, laughs, and good food ( I am a semi-decent cook)