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Overview

  • 9 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Portuguese, Spanish
  • 47, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Normally, teaching Spanish people to speak E-eengleeeesh
  • I ran away to London instead of going to university.
  • From Lancashire, England
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To get under the skin of Rio de Janeiro and know it as well as I can.

ABOUT ME

Originally from the North-West of England, I spent 8 years slaving away in a London office, I came to Spain to be an English teacher and start a whole new project.
I tried Catalonia and ultimately rejected it in favour of Madrid.
Every day I tried and build another little piece of my new life in Madrid and become 0.0000000000001% more adapted to Spanish life. Although, a parallel love of Brasil and my innate guiriness impinged on that somewhat.

I wanted to move to Spain for many years.

Even more than Spain, I used to dream about New York City and Rio de Janeiro.

In 2000, I visited nyc and in 2008, after waiting for about FIFTEEN years, I finally visited Rio.

I had all the luck in the world; all of things I wanted to do were as good as I hoped; I was never lonely even though I went out there alone; and I came back in a state of (positive) shock.

There was a little bit of me left behind in Ipanema.

This year, I AM BACK in Rio to get it back.

Eu sou carioca!* *(cariocagringo)

I would really like to add New Yorker to the list someday. I think New York and Rio de Janeiro are my ultimate favourite cities.

Who knows.

PHILOSOPHY

"Down with a world in which the guarantee that we will not die of starvation has been purchased with the guarantee that we will die of boredom."

"Sous les pavés - la plage!

"The alarm clock rings; first humiliation of the day."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I go to CS meetings and have met lots of CSers. I have to confess I haven't helped do any organising yet. I probably should.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hung out with A CS-er in Rio in 2008 and now i go to a lot of the weekly meetings.

Interests

My idea of a good day is walking through the backstreets of a big city and finding a secret little bar, cafe, shop or park or something and claiming it as your little hangout.

I like art, but I'm neither pretentious nor very knowledgable about it. The same applies to theatre.

I like to write but I never get chance. A long-term objective for me is to get a pùblished one day. I'm giving myself until I'm 50 to do it though!

I like learning languages. Sometimes.
But sometimes I hate it.

In the north-west of England we don't have the beach, we don't have the same street culture as in Latin or Meditteranean countries, so instead we have really cool music and we love football. Many of the best bands in the history of modern music came from my region, so it's always been a passion for me.

I like Liverpool Football Club a lot too!

  • arts
  • culture
  • walking
  • clubbing
  • shopping
  • music
  • soccer
  • teaching
  • history
  • languages
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Series de TV favoritas: The Sopranos
The Thick of It
The Day Today/ Brasseye
Curb your Enthusiasm
Peep Show
Películas favoritas: Duel
Rosemary's Baby
The Godfather Pt. 1
Cidade de Deus

Libros Favoritos: Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
The Master and Margarita - Bulgakov

I love music.
Música favorita: All time - New Order, Happy Mondays, Joy Division, The Supremes, Shangri-Laas, ESG, Talking Heads The Fall, Electronic, DJ Shadow, Portishead, The Stone Roses, Super Furry Animals, The Smiths, Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy, De La Soul, Chic, St. Etienne, Rolling Stones, Primal Scream, Motown, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Marvey Whitney, Was not Was, Massive Attack, Tricky, The Sonics, Liquid Liquid, The Specials, The KLF, Hendrix, Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan, Stan Getz, Os Mutantes - Oh God - there's a million more and I haven't even started. Let's just say a lot.

At the moment- Edan, M.I.A, LCD Soundsystem, TV on the Radio - The Blow, The Shockwave Set, Raul Seixas, Cansei De Ser Sexy, Burial.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once touched the robe Muhammed Ali wore as he walked into the ring for the famous "Rumble in the Jungle" against George Foreman in Zaire.

I own a piece of the dancefloor from the legendary Hacienda nightclub.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am an English teacher so if you need some help improving your conditionals or phrasal verbs or whatever, I can definitely help.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Spain, United Kingdom

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