CURRENT MISSION

To learn the phrase 'someone has stolen ALL the children' in as many languages as possible.

ABOUT ME

The perfect example of middle class hippie parenting. I travel a lot, I talk a lot but try to learn a lot. I've FINALLY acheieved the status of 'currently at university', although who knows how long it will stick this time. Just moved to Istanbul for a year and currently stuck between a life involving international politics or that of a demented hermit in the woods - orientation changing daily.

PHILOSOPHY

that the useless tidbits that we think of as only garnishing our days in fact constitute them - see 'Stranger than Fiction' for more detail

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

only just been introduced to it, so as yet, only surfing, not hosting

Interests

sarcasm mainly. poetry, wes anderson films, cursing in different languages, spreading my little gobbets of useless knowledge around the world. also introducing the world to the genius of 'the thick of it'. freud.

• poetry
• cooking
• yoga
• politics
• movies
• traveling
• surfing
• languages
• law

Music, Movies, and Books

where to begin? neruda poetry, zola novels, wes anderson movies, fonteyn and nureyev dancing in swan lake. malcolm tucker, sue sylvester and gene hunt rolled into a ball. graham greene, mario vargas llosa and secret histories.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

visited every continent, bar Antarctica, by the age of 17

Teach, Learn, Share

as much of my languages as i can. yoga. cooking. i also have a long list of recently christened 'fun facts' which i use to enlighten the world, e.g. in Paraguay dueling is legal if both duelers are registered blood donors.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, France, Georgia, Germany, Guatemala, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Saint Lucia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Lebanon, Turkey, United Kingdom

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