CURRENT MISSION

Prepare for move to China

ABOUT ME

I am a half-Greek/half-English person with dual British and Australian nationality and an accent that most people identify as American. I love learning about other people, places and cultures. I like learning other languages but I've not mastered any yet. I work as an EFL teacher.

PHILOSOPHY

I believe that human beings should take responsibility for their actions, for other people, and for their environment, and that this is a basis for better society, before any other ideological, political or philosophical frameworks.

On a lighter note - my personal philosophy is that the world and life is something we should take advantage of to learn as much as possible about everything. I personally am curious about most subjects under the sun, virtually any subject is interesting if you approach it from the right angle.

Apart from that, I think it's alway best to aim for the golden mean. Excess is one of the few things in life one should avoid.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have surfed with:
Marios Podaros in Thessaloniki for 2 nights
Gurcan Ozkan in Istanbul for 3 nights
Usher Delvan in Yerevan for 2 nights
also in Lithuania for 2 nights

As well as meeting up with other CSers in Tbilisi, where I was living for a little while

Interests

Travelling, languages, reading, politics, cycling, martial arts, culture.

• arts
• culture
• environment
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• cycling
• martial arts
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Some of my favourite authors (not in order of preference) are Tolstoy, Gogol, George Eliot, E.E. Cummings, Philip K. Dick, Ursula Le Guin, George Orwell.

I love Tarkovsky, Studio Ghibli and the martial arts films.

My music collection is pretty varied as well, but some of my lasting favourites are Dylan, Radiohead, Dave Matthews Band, Hilltop Hoods, TV on the Radio, Beck, Belle and Sebastian, Bonobo, Mr Scruff, Cake, Arctic Monkeys, Leonard Cohen, Spoon, The Strokes

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

This is a tough one, but taking the Trans-Siberian railway from Moscow to Vladivostok was a pretty awesome experience that I would recommend to anyone.

I'm looking forward to more amazing experiences so watch this space.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a qualified EFL teacher.

I speak some Russian and am in the process of starting to learn a few other languages. I always love learning some of the language whenever I travel, in fact I see it as a sign of respect for the places you travel to. So expect lots of "how do you say..." questions from me.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Greece, Italy, New Zealand, Poland, Spain, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Russian Federation

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