CURRENT MISSION

Eat my way through Europe.

ABOUT ME

I was born in Germany, grew up mostly in California, and have now studied in four countries and worked in five. From now until May, I'm living in Lyon, improving my atrocious French and getting ready to take the bar exam in the summer, at which point I should be fully qualified to give poor legal advice in several major EU languages.

PHILOSOPHY

Where I have friends, I am at home.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Only as a traveler so far -- I don't get back to my own couch until May, after which it will be open for business!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've only just registered for CS, but have ended up staying in a few interesting places with some interesting people over the years. I've met quite a few CS users in recent years, and decided it was time to join up myself.

Interests

Books. Languages. Loose-leaf tea. Travel. Silent films. Politics. Good beer. History. Hiking. Gypsy jazz. Scuba diving. Cooking. Bicycling. Learning.

Oh, and double-spacing after full stops, which CS apparently frowns upon.

• books
• cooking
• beer
• politics
• movies
• traveling
• jazz
• hiking
• scuba diving
• business
• history
• languages
• law

Music, Movies, and Books

Thomas Pynchon, F.W. Murnau, Django Reinhardt, Ernst Juenger, Fritz Lang, Douglas Adams, R.M. Rilke, Michael Chabon, Joseph Roth, Terry Gilliam, Mervyn Peake, Josef Skvorecky, J.S. Bach, Evelyn Waugh, Jack White, Scott Joplin, Alfred Hitchcock, E.E. Kisch, Vladimir Voinovich, Georg Heym, Graham Greene, U2, Bohumil Hrabal, Max Frisch, Fjodor Chaliapin....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Watching sea turtles from underneath.

Teach, Learn, Share

I make a mean poppyseed cake from scratch, and I'm always looking to practice my poor French and even poorer Turkish. :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Honduras, Mexico, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States