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Overview

  • 13 references 10 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Catalan, Valencian, English, German, Spanish; learning Dutch
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2006
  • Teacher
  • No education listed
  • From Chicago, IL
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

enjoy wherever i happen to be at the moment

ABOUT ME

laid back, interested in learning, i love travelling and seeing new things, and also sharing my knowledge and experience with others

Working on being a tour guide

Currently an ESL teacher and enjoying meeting people from all over the world at my job!

PHILOSOPHY

"Being broke doesn´t disturb me in the least. I had started with nothing, and if I now found myself with nothing, I was at least even. Actually, I was much better than even: I had had a wonderful time."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

so far so good : )

Interests

being outside, biking, sailing, skiing, languages, traveling, cities and architecture, photography, meeting people, reading interesting books, food, foreign money, discovering new music, the color orange

  • books
  • architecture
  • photography
  • coloring
  • dining
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music
  • cycling
  • sailing
  • skiing
  • world cup
  • teaching
  • history
  • languages
  • tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

L´auberge Espagnol, Before Sunrise, The Blues Brothers

Most everything except rap including Paul van Dyk, Coldplay, Obrint Pas, Gogol Bordello, Romanian and Catalan rock music, American folk and bluegrass, among other things

Dracula, Dins el darrer blau, The Devil in the White City (book about the world´s fair in Chicago: highly recommended!)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

saw Germany play Poland in the World Cup

and living on an island in the Mediterranean is pretty amazing too

Teach, Learn, Share

languages! cultural nuances. and regional history, especially of the places I live

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Spain, United States

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