From Pennsylvania, USA. Admirer of memories and stories, experiences, openminded people, reading, journaling, slow travel, happy accidents, ambient music, and jazz; disliker of money, waste and exuberance.
Spring 2023 — First hitch trip due to evil workaway host ( thanks a million, ana!) couchsurfing and some hostels. equipped with sleeping bag & no tent: not very useful! Route: Amsterdam, Hamburg, Copenagen Berlin, Heidelberg, Zurich and then more work on a farm in Italy. back north through Switzerland, Austria, Budapest, and finally Slovenia.
Fall 2024 — hitchhiked through most of Japan west and south of Tokyo for two months with mostly couchsurfing, camping, a few internet cafes and hostels. Route: Tokyo, Yamanashi, Nagano, Niigata, Kanazawa, Kyoto, Okayama, Hiroshima, Kitakyushu, Kurume, Aso, Beppu, Miyazaki, Ebino, Fukuoka, then riding the coast of the Sea of Japan to Tottori and back to Kyoto.