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Overview

  • 3 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English
  • 72, Other
  • Member since 2012
  • International Service Worker (NGO)
  • PhD and school of life
  • From Wisconsin, USA
  • Profile 80% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

World Peace (of course ;-)

ABOUT ME

Lived on 4 continents and traveled/been hosted worldwide.
Member of SERVAS, the original homestay organization.
Raised in Egypt, Palestine and USA. Lived in India, China, Poland, Romania and USA. Traveled in Asia, Middle East, Europe, South America and the USA.
We are not Romanian, but live in Tulcea full-time.
Languages: English, French, a little Chinese, Romanian, Polish.

PHILOSOPHY

Open your home and your heart and great things will happen.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Camping, music, drama, conversation, travel stories, outdoor life, etc.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have hosted in Chengdu, China, Lodz, Poland, Tulcea, Romania and the USA (various home bases). Have been hosted generously and happily. Never had a bad homestay experience!

Interests

Camping, music, drama, ecology, conversation, travel stories, outdoor life, crosscultural stuff . . . . lots of etc. Generally interested in just about anything.

  • arts
  • singing
  • traveling
  • music
  • outdoor activities
  • camping
  • ecology
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Folkie (music), reading Murakami novels now, classic movies.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Trans-Siberian express Beijing to Moscow.
QM2 Transatlantic voyages.
Lived on the road for two years in USA.
The Danube Delta (where we live now) is an amazing biosphere--the Galapagos of Europe! (I know this is more than one . . . ;-)

Teach, Learn, Share

Love to sing new songs, play with words and language. Drawn to people into music, theatre, arts, travel, philosophy, religious expression. Want to improve playing bar chords. Want to hear more kinds of traditional music.

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