Married father of elementary-age son. Full-time graduate student in intercultural relations and a background in higher education administration.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Interested in meeting fellow travelers

Interests

I love to learn languages and about cultures, try authentic cuisine, wine, tea, sailing, hiking, and bicycling. I enjoy live theater and concerts, museums, sunsets at the beach, and long conversations next to the fireplace/chiminea/campfire.

• arts
• performing arts
• dancing
• wine
• jazz
• hiking
• camping
• sailing
• racquetball
• history
• international relations
• sign language
• language exchange
• tea
• cultures
• museums
• canada
• taiwan
• campfires
• cafe
• intercultural communication
• international cuisine
• intercambio cultural
• bulgaria
• learning spanish
• mandarin

Music, Movies, and Books

Love instrumental and vocal jazz, pop, hip-hop, classical, and world music. Getting into Broadway tunes and heavy metal.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've live in Mexico, Bulgaria and Taiwan a total of five years as a Rotary exchange student, university student and English language teacher respectively.

Teach, Learn, Share

ESL teacher, interculturalist, world traveler, musician.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Good conversation, good will, love of people, sharing new experiences, and joie de vivre.