CURRENT MISSION

Enjoy it all. Here, There & Everywhere! Even if Everywhere involves getting lost.

ABOUT ME

Grew up north of San Francisco now in Portland, Oregon, with my lovely wife, Nicole. I Love life. Enjoy sharing others fruits of my knowledge which often is debatable but after a few pints... we've all got heaps of knowledge, eh?

I am a citizen of the world. I like to travel as a tourist, but I much prefer to settle in for a while and live in a different culture, get to know what makes the locals tick, learn the language, all that.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Been to a couple of outdoor events in San Francisco and one in Christchurch, NZ; one fabuloso dinner at an Eritrean restaurant. Can't wait for more fun foodie nites and hot chocolate events! I can’t host at the moment but would still like to engage.

兴趣

In General: Love Art - Sketching - Music (jazz, rock, DJs, classical) - Reading - Tennis - Swimming - Surfing (the water kind...)
To learn to cook as well as my mother, step-mother, sisters and wife- Mmmm- food.
Gypsy Guitar and violin
Travelling is in my blood
Philosophy - Enjoy life. There's no such thing as being bored if you have an iota of an imagination.

• animals
• cats
• dogs
• reptiles
• arts
• culture
• sketching
• dining
• cooking
• chocolate
• reading
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• guitar
• violin
• outdoor activities
• surfing
• tennis
• swimming
• volunteering

音乐、电影和书籍

Music- Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Shirley Horn, Bill Frisell, Brian Blade, Gaucho, NIN, Mogwai, Low, Bat for Lashes, PJ Harvey, Cat Power, Soundtracks
Books- Ian McEwan, Tim Winton, Jim Thompson, Patricia Highsmith
TV- Our Flag Means Death, Game of Thrones, Tokyo Vice, Continuum, Simpsons (still amazing after all these years!)
Movies- Pink Panther, Tropic Thunder, the Thin Man series, any old Hitchcock, old noirs- especially those with Alain Delon

LOVE hearing new bands from anywhere in the world. Current playlist favorites: Fever Ray and DJ Krush.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Can't forget being able to swim with a whale shark up near Exmouth in NW Western Australia. What a huge, gorgeous creature!

教，学，和分享

Learned/spoke french at uni and would love to immerse myself in it again.
Volunteer with rescued animals- whether it's dogs, cats, parrots or reptiles.

我游览过的国家

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, France, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

我居住过的国家

Australia, United States

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