Hi, I'm Tom

I'm 32, English, liberal and easy going. I like to meet new people so would be happy to meet up and show you the city. I enjoy climbing, running, making music, history, meeting interesting people and cooking tasty food.

Get in touch if you want to meet up :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I like to meet interesting people :)

Interests

• cooking
• running
• chess
• reading
• history
• climbing
• making music

Music, Movies, and Books

Favourite books: 100 Years of Solitude, Catch 22, The Handmaid's Tale, All Quiet on the Western Front, Love in the Time of Cholera, The Enchiridion of Epictetus (those Stoics knew a thing or two...), Revolutionary Road, and most things by Ian McEwan, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Sebastian Faulks and Alain De Botton.

Favourite movies: Indiana Jones trilogy, Road to Perdition, Jurassic Park, Sicario, No Country for Old Men, Lady Bird, Jaws, Ex Machina, Fargo.

Favourite Music: Tedeschi Trucks Band, Vulfpeck, Jason Isbell, Richard Thompson, Paul Simon, Anouar Brahem, Chris Thile, Theo Katzman, Aiofe O'Donovan, Miles Davis, the Allman Brothers Band, John Mayer, Mandolin Orange, Bon Iver, Cory Wong, Girl Talk, Kreg Viesselman, Anais Mitchell, Mark Knopfler, Jackson Browne, Hans Zimmer, Joni Mitchell, Bellowhead, Chopin.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I walked 2,150km from Norwich to Santiago de Compostela in Spain

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you some English, some guitar, some climbing, and (if you're really cool) some chess.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Fun times, making music

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Ecuador, Fiji, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Paraguay, Peru, Rwanda, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United States, Uruguay, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Scotland, Switzerland