I'm a world traveler/budding photographer. My ultimate dream would be to work for National Geographic-learning more about cultures and their history (I have a history degree) while also seeing some amazing things through my lenses. However, I'd love to sail around the world, live in Thailand, Climb Mt. Everest, learn fluent Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese, meet the Dalai Lama, perfect my Spanish and be mistaken for a first-language latin speaker by another first language latin speaker. I've had some crazy experiences, starting with me being independent at an early age and backpacking through Holland and Germany with a friend when I was 15. Haven't stopped there. I recently just got back from a trip all over Asia which was incredible and I'm planning on moving to Hong Kong mid-march! let me stay on your couch and let's share our stories!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

While I can shell out money for a hostel or hotel anywhere in the world, how about meeting people around the world? I want to travel all over this planet and I'd rather spend money on a ticket to get there then worry about the safety of a hostel or how i'm going to meet people!

Interests

History-history major and fascinated with the past as well as the cultures that have formed from it
Books-would read all day every day
PHOTOGRAPHY if i could work for NatGeo I would
Art-I'd live in the Vatican if i could, avid artist myself
Traveling, i'm never content staying in one place too long
Languages-communicating with people in their own language is wonderful

• arts
• books
• street art
• photography
• traveling
• socializing
• cycling
• backpacking
• kayaking
• sailing
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

I love Jack White, Franz Ferdinand, Eagles, Lana del Rey, Lorde, Iggy Azalea, Black Keys
Doctor Zhivago, Gone With the Wind, Anne of a Thousand Days, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Spy Game, The Debt, Love Actually, Amadeus
Lonesome Dove, Noble House, The Book Thief, The History of Money, Unaccustomed Earth, Einstein: His Life and Universe

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sea-kayaking off the coast of Croatia

A 100 mile bike trip from Markelo, Holland to Germany when I was 15

Buying street art off back alley sellers in Hong Kong, negotiating for art in Kowloon when you barely speak Cantonese is harder than it sounds

What I Can Share with Hosts

My experiences and my contacts around the world should you need a place to crash!

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, Croatia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Taiwan

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States