CURRENT MISSION Understand the limitations of my character.

ABOUT ME Update 2021. I’m currently living in a small apartment in a central neighborhood in Tbilisi, Georgia 🇬🇪. Beautiful street; must be open to walking up hill (I live in UPPER Vera). I have a couch, or plenty of floor space, but I prefer hosting one person because the apartment is small.

PHILOSOPHY "We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones." - Thoreau

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING My first couchsurfing experience was in Helsinki, quickly followed by my second in the Arctic town of Kiruna, Sweden. Both experiences were amazing, though I didn't have my own profile at that time, I became an instant supporter.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE Fantastic idea. Makes me feel very optimistic about the world and her generous people.

Interests

Let's fika (Swedish for a cup of coffee and good conversation). Interests...beverages, old movies, thinking...

• culture
• beauty
• environment
• coffee
• walking
• traveling

Music, Movies, and Books

When a song plays behind all the chatter at a coffee shop.

When Bill Murphy whispers something we aren't supposed to hear in Scarlett Johansson's ear somewhere in Tokyo.

When Gabriel Garcia Marquez explains love.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The summer after I graduated college I cycled from New York City to San Francisco in about 74 days and really grew to appreciate this country. After living overseas it becomes easy to loathe American culture, and especially our political and economic environment, but there's always more depth to people and places than assumed, and the diversity in this country is really no joke.

I had not one scratch, injury, or close-calls the entire tour, returned back to Illinois and was hit by a car. So very ironic. Now that I'm up and walking again, I hope to travel even more.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can juggle. Is that worth sharing?

What I Can Share with Hosts

Hospitality, of course.

Countries I’ve Visited

Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Cambodia, Canada, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Laos, Norway, Russian Federation, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Georgia, Germany, Japan, Sweden, United States