CURRENT MISSION

ethiopia

ABOUT ME

Greetings all, I figured i'd better update my profile as i'm off to discover another continent, been studying about africa for two semesters in germany and now I'm off to addis ababa to see for myself, will be there for six months at the university and am excited to say the least; have previously lived in new york, paris, rome, berlin, leipzig and have travelled a little further afield, am always keen to see new places and meet new people so if you're going to be passing through east africa give me a shout!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

As of yet, to no great extent, have heard great things from many friends and have been meaning to get involved, was put up and shown about tel aviv by some great people so would be keen to do that again or offer that to someone passing through addis

Interests

pretty wide-ranging, as much travel as money dictates, learning a language to a modest level before getting distracted by learning a new one, politics and ever so earnest social issues to keep peole arguing into the early hours, football, and far from least music

• cocktails
• politics
• traveling
• juggling
• music
• guitar
• soccer

Music, Movies, and Books

the social network, les quatre cent coups, goodbye lenin, raging bull, eternal sunshine, jules et jim, die hard, vanilla sky, bicycle thieves, the departed, la haine, il meglio gioventu, wedding crashers, heat

stars, the roots, cohen, kanye, lisa hannigan, salif keita, jacques brel, clash, dj shadow, fettes brot, paul kalkbrenner, tupac, la roux, iggy, nas, serge,

joyce, faulkner, hemingway, ted hughes, heaney, whitman, beckett, robert frost, brecht

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

berlin by wild weird night into weird wild day

Teach, Learn, Share

i could teach you english with a bit of an accent, decent german, do-able french, handy swahili, a smidgeon italian or irish, classical or regular guitar and how to read basic music, how to juggle, as a barman i can teach you a bunch of cocktails or at least to look snazzy while making em

I'm always up for learning a bit of a new language, whether used by billions or hardly anyone, breakdancing/rapping, a musical instrument

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Israel, Kenya, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Palestine, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, United States