CURRENT MISSION

visit the seven continents

ABOUT ME

love novelty; routine makes me crazy. curious, nerdy, not tightly bound by conventions.

PHILOSOPHY

Ichi-go ichi-e ("one time, one meeting")

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

host when schedule allows; not much travel for me lately

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

dinner and drinks with surfers in Japan (only three actually from Japan), hosted quite a few travelers, stayed with hosts in Australia

Interests

family, bluegrass and orchestra, fencing, cultures, tallships, language

Music, Movies, and Books

Two Years Before The Mast, For Whom the Bell Tolls (Hemingway), The Yarn of the Nancy Bell (poem), Brandenburg Concertos 1-3, Lars and the Real Girl (movie), Yes Man, Amile, Mariachi El Bronx, Johnathan Livingston Seagull, Stargirl - Jerry Spinelli, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Boston (band), Lord of the Rings, Starcraft (game), Thomas Jefferson's letters, flamenco, Sea Fever (poem)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

crewed a tall-ship Newport, Rhode Island to Halifax, NS - Picton-Castle

started an orchestra - 40 members, now in 10th season

Teach, Learn, Share

politics, fencing, music, sailing

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, South Korea, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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