CURRENT MISSION

Experience life to the fullest, meet new, interesting people and progress with my music ambitions.

ABOUT ME

I'm a teacher based in Brno. I grew up in the US and have lived over a decade in Central Europe

PHILOSOPHY

There is no moment like the present.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've been a guest and host with CS for over 10 years now, going to the occasional event also. I haven't been active here at all over the past few years, but that's changing in 2017 :-)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Czechia, Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia, Ukraine

Interests

playing guitar and singing, hiking, books, socio-political discussions, eastern philosophy, and of course travel :)

• traveling
• music
• hiking
• surfing
• boxing
• languages
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

music: Radiohead, Belle & Sebastian, jazz, Philip Glass, The Beatles, Talking Heads, The Smiths, The Magnetic Fields, Bob Marley, Herbie Hancock, Chris Potter, Papa M, Masha Qrella, etc.
writers: David Mitchell, George Monbiot, Ken Wilber, Bill Bryson, Aldous Huxley, Rupert Sheldrake, D.H Lawrence, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nikolai Gogol, Herman Hesse, Erich Fromm, Viktor Pelevin

film directors: Wes Anderson, Tarkovsky, Groundhog Day, "Seventh Seal" by Bergman, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Travelled across the Baltic states and Scandinavia in my friend's van for a month, busking on the streets with our guitars. Reached the arctic circle and in Sweden then continued to Norway. Great times 8-)

Teach, Learn, Share

There's no moment like the present

What I Can Share with Hosts

I really enjoy nice discussions, exploring new cities, cooking something in the kitchen, and if I have my guitar playing some songs.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Czech Republic, Slovakia, United Kingdom, United States

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