CURRENT MISSION

Europa '13!

ABOUT ME

From me you can expect someone who respects your way of life, your habits, your patterns, your rules, your personal space. I can be introverted. I can be the life and soul of any party. I'm independent. I hope I am a balanced, well-rounded, multifaceted person.

I have spent the last six years studying and working. I have two degrees (English and History of Art and Architecture) I feel the need to get a third. I will always be a student. However, I have sorely neglected the travel bug which burns deeply within. It is time to rectify this.

I am gay.

I am attempting to learn German and Russian.

PHILOSOPHY

I believe in the fluidity of life. I am at a stage in my life where I am not entirely sure where it's going and this is only a good thing.

I believe in kindness to strangers.

I like to think I am open, warm, loving, intelligent and humble.

I want to know the world before I leave it. I believe in helping each of us do this in any way I can.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

A friend told me about CS and I've wondered how I've never heard of this before. I'm unable to host at present unfortunately, but looking to surf my way round Europe in the summer of '13.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Literally none. I am a couching virgin.

Interests

Architecture
Photography
Languages
Tennis
Gymnastics
Classical music
European history
Politics
Philosophy
Foreign cinema
Literature
The (former) Soviet Union
Russian, French, German and Eastern European culture and history.

• arts
• culture
• literature
• architecture
• photography
• partying
• politics
• movies
• traveling
• music
• classical music
• scuba diving
• gymnastics
• tennis
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Pedro Almodovar
Wong Kar Wai
Lars von Trier
Ingmar Bergman
French, Spanish, Scandinavian, Chinese and Japanese cinema.
Sister Act
Naked Gun
Airplane
Amelie

Music:
MGMT
Get Well Soon
Crystal Castles
Blondie
Boys Noize
Kate Bush
Tchaikovsky
Rachmaninov
Debussy

Books:
Murakami
Tolstoy
Bulgakov
Dostoevsky
Angela Carter
Garcia Marquez
Gogol
Camus
Sartre
Evelyn Waugh
Christopher Hitchens.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sky diving in Iceland. Fucking terrifying, fucking amazing.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have no idea what I can teach or share, other than my joy at being somewhere new meeting someone new.

Maybe I can teach you about the UK?

However, there is a great deal I can learn.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Iceland, Jamaica, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom