CURRENT MISSION

To see the world and make my brain a little bigger and avoid working at a conventional job!

ABOUT ME

I am a mix of the bourgeois (home owner) and the bohemian (fiction writer, though as yet largely undiscovered by the world!).

My mother passed on the travel gene to me. I have traveled a lot, mainly in Europe, though with jaunts to Southeast Asia, India, and the Middle East.

Travel has taught me many lessons, like how I can live well for long periods of time with just the amount of stuff I can carry in a suitcase.

I am curious about people, their lives and opinions, and hopefully have that vitally important quality, a sense of humor.

PHILOSOPHY

To do my best always to be philosophical....

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I cannot offer a couch at present, since I am traveling.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

CouchSurfing is made to order for me! The more I travel, the less I am interested in seeing the usual tourist sights, and the more I am interested in meeting local people and getting to know them. I've had the best experiences while surfing, ones I cannot imagine having by any other means.

Einstein said the most important thing we all have to decide is whether the world is a friendly place or not, and CS makes it definitely seem like a place full of friends!

Interessen

I like the arts (theatre, music, painting, books), history, languages, conversation, couples dancing, making and keeping friends. Oh, and parks. Whenever I visit a city, I first go to the parks.

• arts
• writing
• books
• dancing
• traveling
• painting
• music
• surfing
• history
• languages
• parks

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

I finished my first novel -- it took me something like 15 years!

And I've managed never to own a car, unusual for an American.

Lehren, lernen, teilen

I am good at editing people's writing and (so friends tell me) helping them look at things positively.

Länder, die ich besucht habe

France

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

Spain, United States

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