At the moment, I work in tourism in Philadelphia, and there's always something going on in the city!

I love music -- especially violin and piano -- as well as plants and traveling. Always looking for a hiking and exploring buddy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've had a lot of great people host me and show me around, and I'd like to do the same for others.

Interests

• music
• classical music
• electronic music
• violin
• hiking
• adventure travel
• plants
• botany
• fiddle
• horticulture
• hardanger

Music, Movies, and Books

Top movies: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Fifth Element, Leon the Professional, True Romance (see a Gary Oldman pattern here?), Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Blazing Saddles, Haunted Honeymoon, History of the World Part I (see a Wilder/Kahn pattern? :D )

Books: Triggerfish Drive, Harry Potter series, The Life of Mr. Pip, Hothouse, Murder on the Orient Express

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I like "amazing" stories, but what I really love are the weird/things-gone-terribly-wrong/awkward travel stories. I got lost on a solo, non-stop nine-hour hiking trip that put me at the border of Hungary and Slovakia and went through every weather pattern along the way. Someone tried to buy my friend in Egypt. I've played dominos for near three hours in almost complete silence in a fairly strange and awkward Couchsurfing situation in Knoxville. And I can't even handle Atlanta, Georgia.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom, United States, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Hungary, Japan, United States