CURRENT MISSION

connecting the dots

ABOUT ME

Currently I'm living in Barcelona awaiting the arrival of summer so I can enjoy the city in full bloom. I've been here almost three years and can't believe it's been that long. I was born and raised in Oklahoma but moved to Chicago to go to university. After five years there it was time for a change and I randomly and luckily chose Barcelona. I'm comfortable in the city and the country and love learning languages and letting the small details of a place color my experience. Sidewalk art in Roger's Park, the smell of a street in Barcelona, the color of straws at a random bar in Madrid, hearing Fado in the Baixa in Lisbon, and graffiti on trams in Budapest are things that stay with me when I visit a place.

PHILOSOPHY

Be flexible and scratch beneath the surface

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

At the moment I share a flat with three other people and our couch isn't worth offering to anyone. But I'd love to meet up and show people this city from a local's perspective.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've only couchsurfed once so far and it made my trip. My experience would have been completely different without the hospitality and knowledge of someone who lived there.

Interests

observing, traveling, reading, flea markets, whiskey, vegetarian food, dinosaurs, robots, music, writing

• arts
• writing
• coloring
• dining
• vegetarian
• reading
• traveling
• music
• fishing
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Some favorites: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Watchmen, Fables, Hayao Miyazaki, Nabokov and Salinger, anything set in India, The Sun Also Rises, David Bowie, Pattie Smith, The Decemberists, old school Alabama and new school indie Hip-Hop

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Two marathons on two different continents, hammams in Morocco, the river Danube from the top of Castle Hill, tapas in Cordoba, abandoned fishing docks in Almada Portugal, the Aryn Islands, tulip fields in Holland

Countries I’ve Visited

Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ireland, Spain, United States