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Overview

  • 50 references 39 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Naval Officer and Diplomat.
  • Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering & Master's in Na...
  • From Erie, PA, USA
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About Me

An American living in Bruxelles. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

CURRENT MISSION:
Motorcycles, snowboards, exploring Belgium and meeting great people.

I like the outdoors and learning about people, their culture, and their lives. Having fun, trying new things, new food, broadening my horizons.

Looking to hang with like minded adventurists.

一期一会

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've been a member for fifteen years, and have formed several meaningful and lasting friendships with interesting folks from all over the world.

I absolutely love it!

Interests

Many. But my primary passions are motorcycling and snowboarding.

Music, Movies, and Books

Authors: Chuck Palahniuk, Tom Robbins, Robert M. Pirsig, Cormac Mccarthy, Miguel de Cervantes.

Music: Varied and broad. Metal, alternative, blues, bluegrass, rap... Currently really into Mono & Juanes. (Also, can't resist a good shanty or jig).

Directors: Quinten Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Guy Ritchie, Wes Andersen, James Cameron.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbed Fuji, thru-hiked the Grand Canyon. Climbed Conway, Rumney, and the Gunks, San Bartolo craig, Joshua Tree.

Dove Palau, Tonga, Keramas, Yonaguni, Ishigaki, Kujūku Islands. Traversed Vietnam by motorbike with my brother and a brotha-from-anotha-motha, explored Ankor Wat. Rode the Blue Ridge Parkway, Did a ten day motorcycle tour of Morocco, and a nine day tour through the midi-Pyranees. Rode the Grindle and Farka passes through the Swiss Alps, B500 through the Schwartzwald, the Tizi-n-Test pass through the Atlas mountains, the Transfagarasan in Transylvania, the Venus Line outside of Tokyo, the Kancamagus through the White Mountains, Tail of the Dragon in Tennessee.

Sent world-class JAPOW in Hakuba & Nozawa Onsen. Rode Chamonix, Val Gardena Dolemites, Sierra Nevada Granada, Lake Tahoe, Rockies, White Mountains.

Morsowanie in the Baltic and north of the Arctic Circle.

Teach, Learn, Share

I've got a few tricks up my sleeve.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Good and lively conversation, sauna, food, vinyl.

Countries I’ve Visited

Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Guam, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Israel, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Palau, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Japan, Poland, Spain, United States

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