Open-minded, spontaneous, interested in culture, photography fanatic, optimistic, up for anything adventurous, clean, appreciative, non-smoker, can't get enough of traveling, good cook, love breakfast

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

What's the best way to get to know a culture? - To be around locals! To live with them is even better. Therefore I would love to stay with you and get to know your culture! :)

Interests

(in no specific order): writing. reading. travel. camping. originality. hiking. breakfast food. nature. making people smile. strong coffee. craft beer. happiness. culture. longboards. learning. experiencing. music. slip on vans. kitchen dance parties. inspiring and being inspired. film. living green. teaching. creativity. random acts of kindness. vegetarianism. gardening. live shows. licorice. board games. bikes with baskets. dry shampoo. acoustic guitars.

• culture
• writing
• photography
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• breakfast
• beer
• coffee
• fast food
• partying
• gardening
• board games
• reading
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• camping

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: alt j., lord huron, empire of the sun, daughter, jr. jr., flight facilities, angus and julia stone, neutral milk hotel, first aid kit, wilco, fleet foxes, thao, lana del ray, cut copy, group love, alabama shakes, the national, mgmt, junip, apartment story, jose gonzalez, radiohead, the good life, tapes and tapes, hot hot heat, pilate, jeff buckley, bjork, cursive, david gray, the mars volta, led zeppelin, minus the bear, the decemberists, the smiths, death cab for cutie, tegan and sara, fleetwood mac, the cure, brand new, the rapture, the faint, bright eyes, phoenix, jimmy eat world, q and not u, okkervil river, weezer, nirvana, sublime, pearl jam, soundgarden, vhs or beta, ryan adams, pink floyd, paul simon, ima robot, cat stevens, james taylor, america, belle & sebastian, some by sea, the fire theft, the notwist, the flamming lips, modest mouse, yeah yeah yeahs, white stripes, lcd sound system, daft punk, van morrison, tom petty, arcade fire, rhcp, the eagles, bob marley, dylan, janis joplin, the doors, tears for fears, the rolling stones, heart, bad religion, strung out, at the drive in, the misfits, drop kick murphys, nofx –

MOVIES: her, burn after reading, the martian, end of the tour, 25th hour, the puffy chair, the grand budapest hotel, we don't live here anymore, swimming pool, vicky cristina barcelona, the big lebowski, safety not guaranteed, crimes and misdemeanors, love liza, half nelson, almost famous, motorcycle diaries, lost in translation, punch drunk love, I heart huckabees, garden state, adaptation, the royal tenenbaums, doubt, true romance, donnie darko, great expectations, little miss sunshine, fantastic mr. fox, matchstick men, wonderland, requiem for a dream, the darjeeling limited, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, being john malkovich-

A FEW OF MY FAVORITES: margaret atwood, gwendolyn brooks, raymond carver, elizabeth bishop, hemingway, flannery o'connor, faulkner, poe, virginia woolf, truman capote, alice munro, gabriel garcía márquez, jean rhys, nathaniel hawthrone, tim o'brien, frank mccourt, aldous huxley, j.d. salinger.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swam with dolphins

Teach, Learn, Share

How to play the ukulele, how to make awesome tex-mex food from scratch, handstanding tips, and more!

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States