CURRENT MISSION

Improve the planet through law and human rights. Learn French, Mandarin, Korean, and Spanish. Travel the World. Be a good father. Make good pizza, paella, & biscotti. Eat them. Give them away.

ABOUT ME

NOTE: I'm in Montana generally in the Summer. The rest of the time I'm elsewhere. See 'Brock Albin'.

I practiced law for ten years, but I've mended my ways. Now I'm doing other things. I taught law in Korea and now I'm studying Human Rights in Italy, France, and Spain, traveling a little, and trying to learn French and Spanish.

My greatest achievement in life has been to be a father to two great children. They are both in college now! Which is why I can start thinking about traveling more freely, can study for this Masters, and can begin working in international Human Rights.

I like to travel, read, write, play tennis, ride bikes, swim, take photos, play guitar, eat, cook, make wine, build things, hang out with my kids.

PHILOSOPHY

I want to experience, enjoy, and improve the world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I dream of going places, if that counts!

I plan to start couchsurfing more myself.

I've hosted quite a few people and loved it every time.

I've had several couchsurfers and it has always worked out great.

Hopefully I'll start traveling more so I can couchsurf more also!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I dream of going places, if that counts!

I plan to start couchsurfing more myself.

I've hosted quite a few people and loved it every time.

I've had several couchsurfers and it has always worked out great.

Hopefully I'll start traveling more so I can couchsurf more also!

Interests

I'm interested in cooking, eating, building things, creative writing, reading, human rights, law, children's rights, places untouched by tourists, riding my bike, photography, music, doing things with my kids.

• cats
• writing
• photography
• beauty
• human rights
• cooking
• wine
• reading
• traveling
• juggling
• painting
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• tennis
• swimming
• law

Music, Movies, and Books

My favorite movies...I have really way too many to list...but, okay, I loved 'The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover,' the 'Godfather' movies, 'About a Boy,' 'Dodgeball,' 'Les Miserables,' and lots more.

I also love musicals! Les Miserables, My Fair Lady, Billy Elliot, The Phantom of the Opera, and others.

I like folk music, Italian cantautori, jazz, classical, blues, guitar music, and lots more...

I love books. My favorite are perhaps 'The Tao of Pooh', 'Siddharta', 'Great Expectations,' 'Les Miserables,' 'Sometimes a Great Notion,'...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I'm fortunate. I've had so many opportunities to see awesome and wonderful things. I think my own home state of Montana is one of the greatest! I've been impressed by beauty in many places. One of the most inspiring, perhaps, was when I climbed Mount Huangshan in China. I cried, rather uncontrollably...it was so beautiful!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can juggle. Ride a unicycle. Discuss law and human rights. Cook. Fix things. (And break things...oops!) Do a little plumbing and electrical. Paint. I'm a dedicated dish-washer. I can show-off photos of my kids and cats and Montana!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Egypt, Germany, India, Jamaica, Japan, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, San Marino, Singapore, Slovenia, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Italy, South Korea, Spain, United States