I like to wander, see new places and faces. Also meet people who have a personal and historical connection to a location. I try to find spots where I can listen to music, write, read, take long runs, or simply relax under the sun.

My favorite traveling journey was to Peru a couple of years ago. When traveling most of the time I've stayed in hostels, bed and breakfast inns, or with friends and family. I'm low-key; I don't travel with too many things, and I like to keep everything organized, as well as leave everything how it was given to me. I'm shy when getting to know someone but gradually I loosen up.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm trying to find another place to discover and possibly settle in, so I may need a friendly couch in the future. I have only stayed on the couches of friends.

Interests

Five things I can't live without (I could live, but it would be a boring life): writing, books, cats, wine, hiking and dancing.

• cats
• writing
• books
• dancing
• wine
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

Authors: Paul Auster, Alice Munroe, Charles Simic, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nella Larsen, Ada Limon...

Books: before night falls, a wrinkle in time, at the mountain of madness, anna karenina, the death of ivan ilyich, the stranger, what the what...

Music: swing, jazz, synth pop, japanese ambient music

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Moved 1,000 miles away from home.

Teach, Learn, Share

"I was the world in which I walked, and what I saw
Or heard or felt came not but from myself;
And there I found myself more truly and more strange." -- Wallace Stevens

I can garden, cook,
teach english & spanish.

What I Can Share with Hosts

stories, and oh the irony.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Peru, United States