- in November 2022, completed 5-month volunteer placement as Communications and Advocacy Advisor with World University Service Canada and Farm Radio International in Accra, Ghana
- from December 2022 - June 2023, plan to travel overland from Cape Town, South Africa to Nairobi, Kenya
- will fly home to Montreal, Canada via Amman, Jordan
- lead an active and healthy life

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

- believe in our global community
- share good times with all kinds of people
- adventure travel since 1970
- enjoy a safe and happy home
- function well with personal responsibility and mutual respect
- feel great gratitude

Interests

- creative exploring
- computer time, reading, writing, music, cinema, sewing, cooking, gardening, painting, woodworking, meditation
- telemark and backcountry skiing, skating, biking, hiking, camping, canoeing, swimming, kayaking, horseback riding, baseball, volleyball, tennis

• writing
• dining
• cooking
• fitness
• meditation
• gardening
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• woodworking
• music
• cycling
• equestrian
• hiking
• canoeing
• camping
• skiing
• baseball
• tennis
• volleyball
• swimming
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Bach, documentaries and Shakespeare... hmm, The Beatles, Café de Flore and Leonard Cohen's poetry... hmm, Joni Mitchell, Slumdog Millionaire and Joseph Campbell... hmm... lots of quantum physics, sociology, history...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- raised my amazing daughter
- OK, travelled overland from Hong Kong to Lhasa and down through the Himalayas to Kathmandu as part of a 2-year trip
- (and climbed Kilimanjaro with my daughter in 2019)

Teach, Learn, Share

Yes!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Openness, stories, food, fun

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, England, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Russian Federation, Rwanda, San Marino, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Cuba, Ghana, Indonesia, Laos, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, Scotland, Sweden, Tanzania