HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I've hosted two surfers. I stayed with two families in Siberia/Far East Russia in 2008. What fun I had. A great experience. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE The families I stayed with in Eastern Siberia and the far east of Russia were wonderful!

I love mostly foreign and art films. Cinema Paradiso is my all time favorite movie. As an amateur musician, I’ve learned to love all kinds of music. Everything from punk to classical. Jazz, reggae, pop, bluegrass, folk, rock are all fun! I read mostly non fiction and classic, 20th century American fiction. My favorite authors are: Steinbeck, Somerset Maugham, Herman Hess, Jon Krakauer, Frank McCourt, Jack London, Jack Kerouac, Jimmy Carter and Harper Lee. Almost every week I hear of a book on NPR that I want to read and I add it to my reading wish list. (I’ll never get through this list). My favorite non fiction books explore science, personal finance, musicology, history, music theory, travel, intelligent pop culture, ecology, politics, theology, philosophy and art.