Hello! Born and raised in Southern California, recently moved to The Netherlands to travel! Work during the week and travel on the weekends. Pretty social , really enjoy meeting new people and seeing what people/ cultures/ places are about. Love diving into a local cuisine and seeing what the people have done with the available ingredients. Have visited ~30 countries in the past ~18 months and don't plan on stopping.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meet new people & see sides of cities that hostels don't offer.

Interests

• culture
• architecture
• coffee
• reading
• traveling
• music
• engineering
• history
• solo travel
• food

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Pretty wide variety, right now I'm really into hip hop, from Logic, J Cole, Kendrick, to Mos Def, Biggie, etc. Grew up on Classic Rock, also enjoy the occasional Metal or Electronica.
Books:
Currently working my way through the Gulag Archipelago (albeit very slowly)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Circumnavigated the globe!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can give quite a few tips for Southern California and a couple around the Netherlands. Can cook a little bit of Mexican food and make a mean guacamole. Think I've got some parts of life figured out, usually wrong though so that probably applies here too.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Good conversation and company. Can also bring anything (legal) from the Netherlands if you're interested - stroopwaffles are pretty great and the cheese is quite good. Would offer to bring beer but I normally don't check a bag (if I fly from AMS I can shop in the airport beforehand :) ).

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Macao, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, United States