Respectful, friendly, independent, interested in hearing your story, enjoys living and traveling simply! I can usually get along well with anyone. :)

I used to use CS for travel, now I am using it to hear about opportunities to find fun events and meet interesting people around Portland. I'm relatively new to the city and have been pretty busy with work since I moved and don't know many people in the area--I'd like to work on that!
(Unfortunately, the arrangements of my shared living house are such that I cannot host--sorry!)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Traveling is my main passion in life, and Couchsurfing allows me to do that on a limited budget. Also, I prefer to meet and get to know locals when I travel rather than stay in a hostel and be a tourist. I am continually amazed at how great of a network Couchsurfing is for meeting the nicest and most interesting people, who always have so much to teach me from their incredibly diverse backgrounds. I have loved the experiences I've had with it so far and can't wait to start hosting others when I have my own place!

In the meantime, I hope to be able to make friends and join fun events around Portland, using the CS network! :)

Interests

Travel, reading, nature/outdoors, gardening, self-improvement, music, singing, psychology, philosophy and theology, literature, French/languages, and people!

• arts
• literature
• singing
• cooking
• walking
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• piano
• hiking
• languages
• psychology
• nature

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Jazz! (Ella Fitzgerald, Julie London, Dean Martin, Louis Armstrong), The Civil Wars, Mumford & Sons, Lord Huron, the Avett Brothers, Johnny Cash, Lana Del Rey, Francoise Hardy, Edith Piaf...etc
Movies: The Tree of Life, Charade, anything Hitchcock, The Illusionist, The Prestige, Sherlock Holmes (2009), movie musicals (esp. Les Mis, The Phantom of the Opera, 90s Disney movies)...etc
Books: The Alchemist, Brideshead Revisited, The Shadow of the Wind, David Copperfield, Le Petit Prince, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Frankenstein, Jane Eyre, Agatha Christie books...etc

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Flew an airplane
Biked from Germany to France
Saw an opera at the Vienna State Opera
Wrote the manuscript for another's book of memoirs as a "ghostwriter"

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: umm...the cup song? haha
Learn: local history and culture, languages, skills, arts
Share: singing and little bits of guitar and piano, gardening

What I Can Share with Hosts

Helping hand (cleaning, cooking, gardening...etc), chatting, warmth, respect, friendliness, exchanging life stories ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Vatican City State, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States