CURRENT MISSION

travel, education, music, other

ABOUT ME

I value my freedom above all--but what is freedom? I am fairly low-key, and prefer hiking in the Tatras Mountains or having a relaxed conversation than spending time in an overcrowded, smoky cavern nightclub with blaring music.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm new to couchsurfing. What a great idea...

Interests

Blues, jazz, and other good music; vegetarian food; classic literature (particular the Modernists); coffee and conversation; chess, Scrabble, and backgammon; travelling everywhere; performing music myself; writing; hiking, jogging

• writing
• literature
• education
• dining
• coffee
• vegetarian
• chess
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• blues
• hiking
• teaching
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: Son House, Lightning Hopkins, Charlie Feathers, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Nina Simone, Johnny Cash, Lazy Lester, Link Wray, and lots lots more
BOOKS: Almayer's Folly, To The Lighthouse, As I Lay Dying, A Confederacy of Dunces, My Childhood/My Apprenticeship/My University, Winesburg Ohio, and lots lots more
MOVIES: The Wickermen (actually I've never seen it, but I bet I would like it)

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Laos, Mexico, Moldova, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Peru, Poland, Romania, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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