20+ countries visited

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Keeping my international roots

Interests

Hospitality, Real Estate, Port Cities & Cruises, Architecture, Interior Design and Current Event Planning.

Favorite Boat Rides:
Budapest, 🇭🇺 on the Danube River at night
Istanbul, 🇹🇷 Karakoy, Uskander, Galatapier etc
Tokyo, 🇯🇵 From Asakuza to Odaiba Pier
Busan, 🇰🇷 From Yacht 🛥 101
San Francisco, 🇺🇸 through Treasure Island to Sausalito

Lisbon, 🇵🇹 Under the 1964 Golden Gate replica 🌉
Berlin, 🇩🇪 through Parliament & Museum row.
Lefkada, Kefalonia & Zakanthos, 🇬🇷
Oslo, 🇳🇴 into the city from Sandvika
Prague, 🇨🇿 during the day through Kampa Island

Seoul, 🇰🇷 at night.
Belgrade, 🇷🇸 Fortress 🏰 and New Belgrade Waterfront.
Split, 🇭🇷
Venice, 🇮🇹
Bratislava, 🇸🇰 from Vienna, Austria down the Danube River.

Vienna, 🇦🇹
Krabi & Ao Nang to Phuket 🇹🇭
Dubrovnik, 🇭🇷
Bari, 🇮🇹
Brindisi, 🇮🇹

Macao 🇲🇴 to 🇭🇰 Ferry

Favorite Cities:
Istanbul, 🇹🇷
Lisboa, 🇵🇹
Busan, 🇰🇷
Budapest, 🇭🇺
Kyoto, 🇯🇵

Madrid, 🇪🇸
Prague, 🇨🇿
Marrekesh 🇲🇦
Bangkok, 🇹🇭
Belgrade, 🇷🇸

San Juan, 🇵🇷 🇺🇸
Gothenburg, 🇸🇪
Copenhagen, 🇩🇰
Athens, 🇬🇷
Cinque Terre, 🇮🇹

Fribourg, 🇨🇭
Lyon, 🇫🇷
Barcelona, 🇪🇸
Seoul, 🇰🇷
Taipei, 🇹🇼

Shanghai, 🇨🇳
Bucharest, 🇷🇴
Bratislava, 🇸🇰
Strasbourg, 🇫🇷
Skopje, 🇲🇰

Killarney , 🇮🇪
Llege, 🇧🇪
Sevilla, 🇪🇸
Chicago, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Seoul, 🇰🇷

Taipei, 🇹🇼
Kuala Lumpur, 🇲🇾
Neuchatel, 🇨🇭
Naples, 🇮🇹
Munich, 🇩🇪

Berlin, 🇩🇪
Split, 🇭🇷
Tallinn, 🇪🇪
Krakow, 🇵🇱
Phuket, 🇹🇭

Ao Nang & Krabi, 🇹🇭
Zakanthos, 🇬🇷
Polignano A Mare, 🇮🇹
Florence, 🇮🇹
Kyiv, 🇺🇦

Montpellier, 🇫🇷
Vilnius, 🇱🇹
Warsaw, 🇵🇱
Amsterdam, 🇳🇱
Nashville, Tennesse, 🇺🇸

Venice, 🇮🇹
Vancouver, 🇨🇦
Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Seattle, Washington, 🇺🇸
Guadalajara, 🇲🇽

Milan, 🇮🇹
Kobe, 🇯🇵
Oslo, 🇳🇴
Chang Mai, 🇹🇭
Galway, 🇮🇪

Antwerp, 🇧🇪
Spanish Point, 🇮🇪
Montreal, 🇨🇦
Bari, 🇮🇹
Almeria, 🇪🇸

Corfu, 🇬🇷
Brindisi, 🇮🇹
Dubrovnik, 🇭🇷
Kilkee, 🇮🇪
Helsinki, 🇫🇮

Riga, 🇱🇻
Cork, 🇮🇪
Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸
Mexico City, 🇲🇽
Osaka, 🇯🇵

Edinburgh, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Alicante, 🇪🇸
Chisinau, 🇲🇩

Favorite Countries:
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🇵🇹
🇮🇹

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🇵🇱
🇫🇷
🇭🇺
🇧🇪
🇩🇰

🇯🇵
🇸🇰
🇲🇰
🇪🇪
🇭🇷

🇹🇼
🇨🇿
🇲🇾
🇹🇭
🇳🇴

🇳🇱
🇦🇹
🇹🇼
🇲🇽
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🇺🇦
🇫🇮
🇱🇹
🇭🇰

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Music, Movies, and Books

Southern and Latin Jazz, Salsa, Oldies, 80s, 90s & early 00’s music, French, Turkish, Persian and Arabic Music

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Before my flight slept in a air traffic control room in the 🇳🇴 cold. Watched the Mayweather McGregor fight in Prague, Czech Republic. Watched the 2020 Super Bowl at 4am in Strasbourg, 🇫🇷., Hitchhiking the 🇮🇹 Riviera Cinque Terre. Sleeping in a cathedral in Sevilla, 🇪🇸 . Snuck on a sleeper train in 🇵🇱 . Backpacked through 🇵🇱🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪 🇺🇦 and 🇫🇮during the winter. Hiked the 🇨🇭 🇩🇪 Alps. Hiked Sintra Castle outside of Lisbon, 🇵🇹 . Took the bullet train to countryside 🇯🇵 and hiked Fushimi Inari shrine, Yasaka Pagoda, Ayashima falls etc in Kyoto, 🇯🇵 🚢 Cruise from Osaka, 🇯🇵 through the 🇯🇵 🏝 s to Busan, 🇰🇷. Hitchhiked from Skopje Airport to City Center then to the 🏔️ in Millenium Peak. Took a 22 hour bus from Moldova down the Black Sea to Istanbul. Took the Adriatic and Ioanian ⛴️ system through Southern 🇮🇹, 🇭🇷, 🇬🇷 and 🇦🇱. Explored rural 🇮🇪 from Cork and Galway to Clare County Spanish Point then to Killarney and Dublin via 🚌 and 🚊. Took a bus from Chișinău, 🇲🇩 down the Black Sea countryside to Istanbul, 🇹🇷 Stayed on ships 🚢 s overnight in Gothenburg, 🇸🇪, Stockholm, 🇸🇪 and Skopje, 🇲🇰. Took a 🚢 overnight from Stockholm, 🇸🇪 to Turku, 🇫🇮 Live Music 🎶 🎼 and great 🍸s. Stayed on a 🛥️ in Belgrade, 🇷🇸. Boat party down the Danube with great raki 🍹 and Serbian music 🎶 🎼. Took a ferry from Vienna, 🇦🇹 to Bratislava, 🇸🇰 listening to live 🇸🇰 folk music. Took the ⛴️ from Karakoy, Uskudar and all the different Anatolian, Europe and Asian sides of the Istanbul Bay. Stayed in the 🇪🇸 Catalonian country side early 1800s 🏠 and backpacked through Aragon and the Basque region.

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What I Can Share with Hosts

Where the locals hangout and nature

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macao, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Ukraine, United States