My favorite activities are reading, cooking, playing card games (pinochle is my favorite), hiking, and riding my bike. I LOVE learning languages, but except for my Russian, everything's rusty and dusty.

I am the worst at checking my email (cs gets buried amongst all the store ad spam). Plus my schedule is all kinds of crazy. I apologize in advance.

Perché sono iscritto su Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've been surfing for years now and even more I love the community groups and events. Hosting is a great way to meet interesting people when I can't travel.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My first experience was in Spain, and it was incredible. Thanks to the community pages, I made my way to a small back-room/basement Flamenco club, partook in a mountain-top potluck, and watched the world cup with fellow fortuitous travelers.

Interessi

Prehistory, languages, literature, culture, cooking and music (I wish I could play an instrument)

Musica, film e libri

Music: Lots. I suppose I lean towards folksy rock and indie from the 90s-2000s plus an assortment of alternative, punk, hip hop, blues, jazz, some metal and classic country

Books! I love fiction. I tend towards snobby literary fiction, fantasy or sci-fi.

Movies... I am far from a film buff. I watch too much TV, but I never watch anything zeitgeisty at the appropriate time.

Una cosa incredibile che ho fatto

Archaeology has taken me to lots of great places. The most breathtaking was a monumental site in southwest Georgia. I was living in a village that probably never sees tourists, in a home with wonderful Georgian hosts. I climbed a mountain and floated down the river to our dig house. I also ended up in a Soviet hospital there, which was amazing in a kind of terrifying way.

Insegna, impara, condividi

I can teach English. Some Russian.
I can teach you how to make pie or chocolate chip oatmeal cookies.
I can tell you a lot about war and gender in the Iron Age on the Eurasian steppe (you probably don't want me to though).

I want to learn languages!!
I'd love to learn anything, although practicing what I've forgotten of Spanish is at the top of the list.
I also want to learn how to make/build stuff.

Cosa posso offrire ai padroni di casa

I love cooking for people.

Paesi che ho visitato

Austria, France, Georgia, Germany, Norway, Russian Federation, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Paesi in cui ho vissuto

Russian Federation, United Kingdom, United States

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