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Overview

  • 2 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German; learning Dutch
  • 44, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Student/teacher/hippie
  • master's degree
  • From Garden City, NY, USA
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Travel the world, learn a lot

ABOUT ME

I am from Long Island, and I've moved around a lot in my life. I've been living in Germany for the past five months, and it has been really good. Basically, since I finished my master's degree a few years ago, I've been traveling around the world teaching English, and as such I've visited four continents and made big trips to China, Italy, Central Europe, and Africa.

I'm going to law school in the UK at the end of September, and before I do that, I want to travel around Germany. It's weird -- I learned German, but I haven't actually traveled in Germany very much (I've just lived here). I hope to correct this over the next three weeks.

PHILOSOPHY

Try not to care so much. I try to define my own ethical system, and more importantly to live by it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Okay, someone recently asked me about this. Despite traveling so much, I have only limited experience with couch surfing. I've done it about five times, and it has always been a good experience. It's really nice to meet someone who is from the city I am visiting, and who wants to share the city with me. I really like that.

The reason I don't have any testimonials is because most of the time I've done couch surfing has been with my brother, who set up the couch surfing. I'm sorry I don't have any testimonials, but I really am a cool person, and I want to meet some cool people while traveling.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Only surfing. However, when I get settled in the UK, I hope to start hosting. The times I've surfed have always been fun.

Interests

History, political science, economics, German, architecture. I'm going to law school in September.

  • architecture
  • traveling
  • surfing
  • economics
  • history
  • law
  • political science
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace.
Theories of Political Economy by Caporaso and Levine

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The Great Wall of China was pretty wild. So was Mombasa.

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