CURRENT MISSION

To explore the world and find my place in it - possibly with a bit of humour and a bit of adventure on the side!

ABOUT ME

I'm a world citizen with an interest in other cultures and traditions.

PHILOSOPHY

​"Your life is an occasion. Rise to it." --Mr. Magorium

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfing, hosting, meeting people for coffee and a chat, or a wander around town.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Fabulous! This site is a reason to believe in the best in all of us.

Interests

I love reading, and have many interests, including travelling, music, and crafts.

• writing
• cooking
• reading
• languages
• linguistics
• disability rights
• drag queens
• lgbtq

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Too many to list! But, OK, some examples: Pride and Prejudice, Ex Libris, Dancing in the Streets, The Politics of Pleasure, Factory Girls, His Dark Materials trilogy, The Mythmaker, The Man in the High Castle, Oryx & Crake, Me Talk Pretty One Day, The Lord of The Rings, Memory, Sorrow and Thorn...

Movies: The Greatest Showman, Gattaca, Farewell My Concubine

Series: The Good Place, Will & Grace, The Golden Girls, Terrace House

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Finished my PhD!

Teach, Learn, Share

I could teach: Languages, cooking, dancing, social media use

Would love to learn: anything you can teach me!

What I Can Share with Hosts

My experience travelling around the world.

My experience as a writer.

My experience as a newly disabled person.

Any ability I have that they'd like to learn!

Countries I’ve Visited

Barbados, Bulgaria, China, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Kuwait, Malta, South Africa, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, Kuwait, Netherlands, Oman, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Venezuela