CURRENT MISSION

Learn Arabic, branch out

ABOUT ME

The name is Bernie; I currently live in San Antonio, TX. I first used couchsurfing to find friends while I was in the middle east, and it was great!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Will find out!

Interests

Language(s), travel, new cultural experiences and...

Intellectual conversations! I love to learn from interesting people and hear their perspectives on all sorts of issues. This can be over coffee, tea, beer, argila, or whatever!

• beer
• coffee
• traveling
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

For whatever reason, I tend to enjoy music on the fringes of the music industry. Some groups I like are Sigur Rós, the Kronos Quartet, The Octopus Project, the mellow side of Sufjan Stevens, some Muse, some The Mars Molta, and some of the more subtle stuff of Radiohead. I also like some classical music, especially Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto. Basically I like music that is sentimental, mellow, or passionate, not the meaningless plastic-music you hear every day on the radio.

As for books, I've only recently started to appreciate good literature, long after High School English classes... some of the authors I've enjoyed are Franz Kafka, John Irving, Herman Hesse, Khaled Hosseini... I also want to conquer Leo Tolstoy's 'War and Peace' but I don't ever have the time!

Teach, Learn, Share

I have a particular passion for languages and linguistics, which are not the same things I should mention. Not only do I enjoy learning other languages, but I also love to learn about how language as a whole functions.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Mexico, Netherlands, South Korea, Syrian Arab Republic, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States