CURRENT MISSION

See the wide world

ABOUT ME

Small peaceable creature.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I surfed in Salem!

Interests

Singing
Opera
Reading
Travel
Petting every dog I see
Translation
Progressive politics
Registering voters
Learning languages
Drawing people on trains
Eavesdropping on tourists while pretending to be a local
Swing dancing
Crocheting

• singing
• reading
• traveling
• drawing
• opera
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Crying Game, The Birdcage, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Being John Malkovich, The Big Lebowski, Cabaret, Amadeus, Fiddler on the Roof.

Music: Purcell, Mozart, Puccini, Carlos Gardel, Villa-Lobos, Bernstein, Louis Armstrong, The Beatles, Joan Baez, Nina Simone, Julio Jaramillo, Silvio Rodriguez, Piero, Mercedes Sosa, Amparo Ochoa, Pink Floyd, Billy Joel, Susana Baca, Cecilia Bartoli, Diana Damrau, Flight of the Conchords, Tom Lehrer

Books: Candide, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Madame Bovary, The Brothers Karamazov, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Of Human Bondage, Ulysses, The Age of Innocence, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Lolita, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Sophie's Choice, Anywhere But Here

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In Berlin I saw two American tourists busk a pretty good version of "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash. Not half an hour later I saw another busker hula-hoop a ring of fire.
Coincidence? I THINK NOT!!!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach a very rudimentary Charleston.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My enthusiasm for learning all about the place you live!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Ecuador, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Portugal, Scotland, Slovakia, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ecuador, Ireland, United States