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Overview

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  • Fluent in English; learning Japanese, Spanish
  • 36, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Freelance Photographer
  • Ringling School of Art & Design
  • From Ada, MI, USA
  • Profile 85% complete

About Me

Currently on a two month taste test of Europe and enjoying every minute of it! Trying to learn Italian as best I can while here.

I'd consider myself a minimalist, lover of the curious and weird artifacts the world offers.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm interested in how people live and love and laugh around the world. My work connects me with cultures hidden to other people and I love to document normal everyday lifes of people from NYC to Rome.

Interests

Walking long distances national trail system in the US - I've hiked the Appalachian and Pacific Crest Trail, and soon the Continental Divide trail. Photography, traveling, movies and trying out everything the world has to offer. Also a bike geek.

  • books
  • photography
  • hiking
  • backpacking
  • film photography
  • videography
  • biking

Music, Movies, and Books

Dune, Harry Potter, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, The Martian, Cosmos, Trying to get into Game of Thrones, but curious about your book recommendations too!

Spike Lee Films, Werner Herzog Films, David Lynch Films, Lost in Translation, anything with Bill Murray in it...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiked nearly 10,000km in the past two years.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'll try out everything from surfing to unconventional foods, swimming holes. And can teach you all the random facts you never knew, happy share my knowledge of arts, music and nature, of unknown photographers and pretty spots to camp all around the US.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Knowledge of photography, spots to road trip in the US, help with cooking, cleaning, laughing!

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Japan, United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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