Couch Available: Coffee or a drink Preferred Gender: Any
I have no couch where you can crash at the moment. I feel definitely sorry about that. As soon as I find a place with a proper couch, I will let you know ;p
Nicolas Alcaydé 28, Male Paris, Ile-de-France France Friends since March 2007 "Flatmates we were!" Friendship Type: Close Friend
Simon Pasquet 29, Male Split, Split-Dalmatia Croatia Friends since September 2008 "David is a friend of my flatmate" Friendship Type: Good Friend
Fabio in Frankfurt 28, Male Frankfurt am Main, Hessen Germany Friends since February 2009 "Meeting the newbies..." Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
ZELMA 25, Female Barcelona, Catalonia Spain Friends since February 2009 "surfed his couch and spent time in London" Friendship Type: Friend 1
GARAVG 32, Female London, London England Friends since November 2008 "I hosted him." Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend 1
Tom and Kat Clark 26, Several people Isle of Eigg, Highland Scotland Friends since November 2008 "Surfed with him for three days in Paris." Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend 3
SMUZ 28, Several people Plymouth, Devon England Friends since February 2009 "We met in CS events in London" Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
Michelle Wilson 24, Female Exeter, Devon England Friends since February 2009 "CS meetings and bagel mission!" Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
Tom Halfpenny 26, Male London, London England Friends since January 2009 "my 1st CS meet - drinks and bagels" Friendship Type: CouchSurfing Friend
Manmohan Birdi 46, Male London, London England Friends since February 2009 "Met at Meet the Newbies and St Patricks night celebration" Friendship Type: Friend I vouched for David Linares
I live in Central London, Vauxhall, in quite a huge flat. As I have just arrived, I am waiting to know better my flatmates before telling them : "Guess what ? Tonight, we host someone I don't even know !!"
About me, I will keep it short : I am very interested on trying new things, new cultures. In a few words, I love learning.
How I Participate in CS
Share what I have is the way I am participating. When you give something, it's done, you did it because you wanted to give. So please don't talk about giving back.
CouchSurfing Experience
I used to be a newbie. I only had a few experience, but these experiences opened my mind as widely as I couldn't have imagined.
Interests
- Languages
- Magic tricks, Juggling
- Guitar
- Sports
Philosophy
I live my life to learn as much as I can.
So that I will be able to be the best grandfather in the World !!! :-)
Music, Movies, Books
Best Movie : "The Usual Suspects" from "Bryan Singer"
Best Music : "Let go" from "Frou Frou"
Best Book : "When I was 5, I killed myself" (also published as Burt) (in French, Quand j'avais 5ans, je m'ai tué) - from Edward Burt
Types of People I enjoy
Very open-minded people, with a good personality.
Teach, Learn, Share
Can teach:
- languages
- magic tricks
- guitar
- juggling (balls, clubs, monocycle...etc)
Would like to learn:
- Very rare things such like, for example, yoga :-)
- Salsa and other dances
One Amazing Thing I've Seen or Done
There is a restaurant in Paris, very rare. It's called "in the dark". You are guided by a blind waiter or waitress. Everything is in the dark. You have to eat in the dark. It was very funny (because after 5 minutes to try finding your fork, you decide to use your fingers ;p ), and very interesting, because, as you don't know what it looks like, you have to experience it differently, with the taste, and smell.
It's also funny because, you will meet a lot of people in the same table, talking and laughing with them. In every other restaurant, you come with some people, and you only speak with them.
Opinion on the CouchSurfing.org Project
CouchSurfing.com is one step to a different society, where people can help other people. I wish the society can be turned into a place where money is an exchange, and where the best people are people sharing the most.
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I've just spent two fantastic days in London and it's thanks to David (he's definitely a good host) and the beautiful weather. We had a delicious barbecue at his place and then went to the world record biggest picnic the next day.
He's a talented juggler and I'm happy he taught me a few tricks.
It was great talking to David, a very nice, chatty, genuine guy. He likes cider too which is a plus. Shame you couldn't make it to my curry event but I am sure there will be further opportunities to share some good French wine and talk about queueing!
David is a really friendly guy and he always makes me laugh. I am still sorry about my bad bagel shop recommendations, I will do better next time (if you ever trust me again as an authority on english food!)
Don´t believe him- I was probably so lovely because being around someone like David makes the whole hosting experience a real pleasure, so there is no merit in my performance.
David is wonderful: kind, attentive and interesting. Be careful with him: he will insist in taking you out for dinner and there will be no point in attempting to share the bill, he will say he doesn´t need sheets because he can just sleep directly on top of the couch, and he will tiptoe around your place as in eternal debt with his host... But you should give him sheets and much more, because that is what he deserves.
David is a really nice guy, we have a lot of common interests.He is funny, smart, really nice and we can talk about a lot of things with him. I know him only since one month, but I can already say that David is someone you can really trust!
David and Nicolas were fantastic hosts. This was our first time CSing, and we were very pleased with our experience. They went out of their way to make us feel welcome, took us to meet their wonderful friends and made sure our time in Paris was great. Can't wait to have REAL pancakes with you guys in Canada!
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