I love traveling, enjoy the outdoors, love learning about different cultures and speaking different languages!

One of my favorite quotes: “Like the bee gathering honey from different flowers, the wise person accepts the essence of the different scriptures, and sees only the good in all religions." Gandhi! described it best! ;)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have a passion for travel! My favorite type of travel is integrating with the culture of the country I visit, to go to the little whole-in-the-walls and learn something new about the places I visit and the people I meet : )

P.S. Please do not reach out to me regardless of host/surfer if you have a vague profile, no references & no pictures that won’t prove you truly are part of the couch surfing community. If there’s no paper trail of references, etc., do not waste you’re time…

Interests

• arts
• music festivals
• traveling
• hiking
• backpacking
• languages
• budget travel
• holistic health
• buddhism
• learning new things
• self improvement
• taoism
• ayurveda
• herbal medicine
• naturopathy
• international food
• veteran

Music, Movies, and Books

Love international, inspiring , comedy & documentary films :) I also enjoy reading non-fiction books such as books about spirituality, health, history and biographies.

Some of the books I’ve read:
- Rain of Gold by Victor Villaseñor
- Las Cadenas de Sultana by Jean Sasson
- I Can See Clearly by Wayne Dyer
- The Buddha Walks into a Bar by Lodro Rinzler
- The Richest Man in Babylon by George Clason

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

😳 Joined the military at the age of 38 😆

Teach, Learn, Share

My primary languages are Spanish and English, My Italian is decent. I speak some Arabic too. Read and write in all four!

What I Can Share with Hosts

My home is small, however, I am willing to share my living room space; a sleeping bag, a couch & an air mattress.

Train station is about 12 minutes away from my beautiful town, which takes you to the heart of Chicago in 45 minutes.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bahamas, Canada, China, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, England, Germany, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Slovenia, Spain, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States