CURRENT MISSION

See what happens next.

ABOUT ME

I am a story collector | explorer | introvert | I use my imagination more than the doctor recommends

I wrote a travel memoir (No Baggage) about a social experiment that involved traveling for 3 weeks through 9 countries with nothing but the clothes on my back and a Couchsurfer I'd just met. Check it out: www.clarabensen.com

PHILOSOPHY

do what you want | avoid harm | have fun | take risks

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

not able to host much because of my living situation, but I am able to meet up for drinks and conversation

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

surfed on four continents, occasionally host in Austin, Texas

Interests

time travel | dance| dreams | disorientation | ruins | the unexpected and unpredicted | metamorphosis | writing | silence | noise | streets I've never been down before | forgotten things | libraries | palindromes | etymology | nooks and crannies | old things | wine | late nights | maps | fires | legends | abandoned buildings | oceans | adventure

• writing
• dancing
• wine
• drinking
• clothing
• traveling
• cartography
• teaching
• etymology
• law
• medicine
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

magical realism, surrealism, art/literature that is almost believable (but not quite)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

pretended to be a WTO scientist in order to get a tour of Stalin's second largest (and now mostly abandoned) Soviet steel factory outside of Tbilisi, Georgia. mind that your dress doesn't catch in the liquid steel, is all I can say about that.

Teach, Learn, Share

good conversationalist | good listener | good companion

What I Can Share with Hosts

stories | homemade Tex-Mex tacos | adventure

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Macedonia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Serbia, Singapore, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Oman, United States

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