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Overview

  • 30 references 12 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning German, Polish, Spanish
  • 41, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • Elementary/Primary Teacher
  • Uni
  • From Calgary, Alberta Canada
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Live the life I love, love the life I live

ABOUT ME

I love being outside, enjoying the sunshine and/or snow. I am now living and working in Munich, teaching little ones in an international school, and taking as much advantage of living in Europe as I can. I love Europe.

My job as a teacher in the international circuit has provided me a pretty sweet existence, as it has given me the chance to live in Dominican Republic, Poland and now Germany. It has also given me the chance to meet some AMAZING people from all over the world!

PHILOSOPHY

Don't worry, be happy

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I surf, I host.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Amazing experiences with so many different people in and from different countries through both surfing and hosting

Interests

Snowboarding/skiing.... but mostly snowboarding :)
rock climbing
hiking
camping
scuba diving
everything else outdoors
learning new languages
capoeira
.......and of course, traveling

  • festivals
  • capoeira
  • traveling
  • music
  • outdoor activities
  • hiking
  • camping
  • surfing
  • scuba diving
  • skiing
  • snowboarding
  • rock climbing
  • teaching
  • languages
  • hitchhiking
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Favourite book: Everest to Arabia, Into The Wild, Motorcycle Diaries, The Dark Tower series
Favourite movie: Lords of Dogtown, Baraka, Into The Wild, Thats it Thats All
Favourite music: LOTS - Foster the People, Jurassic 5, Vampire Weekend, The Black Keys, The White Stripes, Bob Marley, Wolfgang A Mozart, Daft Punk, Muse, Mumford and Sons, Death From Above 1979, Wyclef, Jack Johnson, Gorillaz, Goldfrapp, Santigold, etc etc

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-Seeing and snowboarding in amazing mountains ranges on 3 different continents
-Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
-2 day Amazon float from Yurimaguas to Iquitos, Peru
-Climbing and sandboarding the sand dunes of coastal Peru
-Watching the sunrise on Machu Picchu
-Scuba diving in the Caribbean
-Hitch-hiking 1400 km with 400 Polish students in a race from Wroclove to Rimini, Italy
- 2500 km road trip through Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary (Sziget music festival!), and Czech Republic

Teach, Learn, Share

I am more than willing to share my love of the outdoors with anybody. I have also professionally taught snowboarding for 10 years and think its a great activity for anyone to take up, and would jump at the opportunity to share my passion; I am lucky enough to have a dream summer job snowboard guiding in Chile as well. Also really looking forward to getting back into rock climbing after not climbing while in the Caribbean, and love to share that with anybody/everybody as well.
Right now I am really interested in learning languages. I am not very good at them, but find the diversity of communication extremely fascinating and exciting.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Haiti, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Mexico, Norway, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Dominican Republic, Germany, Japan, Poland

Old School Badges

  • 2 Vouches
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