CURRENT MISSION

Travel to Spain in October to deliver an intercultural workshop in Granada

ABOUT ME

Home base in both Bay Areas, Monterey Bay and San Francisco Bay

PHILOSOPHY

Carpe diem.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I discovered Coach Surfing at a CS Foodie group organized in SF. The idea: eat from A-Z. I joined with the B in Bolivian and met some amazing CS foodie dancers at the Pena Pachamama in North Beach, SF. Met my first guests, Itziar and Carlos, that night. Hosted them in SJ a few nights later.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've only just begun.

Interests

Fascination with languages, cultures, travel
Connection to place, to the land (gardening, hiking) and to the ocean (body surfing, beach combing)
Love to share food with friends
Music keeps me in my groove
Like to organize friends for picnicking/frolicking
Interested in working with others to build intercultural learning communities

• dining
• coach
• gardening
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• backpacking
• surfing
• skiing
• languages
• tourism
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Firefly series, Totoro,
Music: Juanes, Paco de Lucia, Pablo Milanes, Joaquin Sabina, Joan Manuel Serrat,
Books: Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiked the Inca Trail to Machu Pichu two times within one week (first with 14 Dutch frolickers, second as guide to a Spaniard and an Aussie). Meditating in awe on Waina Pichu followed by a hot bath in Aguas Calientes.

Teach, Learn, Share

Backpacking in the High Sierras of California
Cross-country skiing
Body surfing