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Hi! My name is Sungjoo. I was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, and have lived in Washington, DC.

I enjoy hiking, cooking, public transport (especially metro systems in big Asian cities and the trains in Europe), tea, tea-flavored desserts, road trips, keeping a diary (although I'm pretty bad at being consistent), going to galleries and coming up with a caption for each painting (e.g. caption for Rembrandt's Syndics of the Drapers' Guild: "you can't sit with us"), chocolate, cheese, pebble beaches, photography, and trying out new things.

I enjoy meeting people and being social, but I'm also independent and capable of entertaining myself when the host is busy.

I'll do my best to answer any questions you have about traveling to Seoul, but please be courteous: don't ask me something you can easily Google (e.g. how to get to the city center from the airport). Thank you!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I learned that one of my favorite aspects about traveling was meeting people. So far in my travels, I've achieved this mostly by striking up conversations in hostel lobbies or at walking tours. But I want to take this a step further through Couchsurfing. I would love to get a glimpse of the local life and share my experiences and culture with kind-hearted strangers around the world.

Interests

• photography
• cooking
• hiking
• backpacking
• snorkeling
• museum
• cultural exchange
• roadtrips
• walking around
• green energy
• metro

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Life of Pi, Gattaca, The Fall, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Becoming John Malkovich, Howl's Moving Castle, Anna Karenina (2012), The Godfather I and II, The Lord of the Rings, Mad Max: Fury Road, What We Do in the Shadows

Music: Jai Wolf, Hozier, Beethoven, Drake, Rachmaninoff, Rhye, Fiona Apple, Debussy, Rihanna, Amy Winehouse, Queen, Tame Impala, Børns, Bonobo, Nicolas Jaar, the xx, Arctic Monkeys, Charlie xcx, some kpop, some techno

Books: Slaughter-house Five, Anna Karenina, Harry Potter

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I visited Chernobyl! What an eye-opening experience.

Teach, Learn, Share

Depends on our mutual interests..
- Based on the songs you like, I can make you a playlist of Korean songs that you might like
- We can exchange fun phrases in our respective languages

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook food for my hosts

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Korea, United States