British student currently back in the UK after a year living and working in Berlin. I study French and German literature and work in publishing. I have been interested in travel ever since spending seven months living and working in Ghana in 2013.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Staying only in hotels and hostels when travelling means you miss out on 50% of potential life experience and on meeting some great people.

Seeing behind the glossy surface available to tourists is really important to me and couchsurfing must be the best way to do this! Behind every Eiffel Tower, Big Ben or Berlin Wall is surely a fantastic time waiting to be had..

Interests

Cycling, reading lots, speaking French and German, running (along rivers), adventuring, board gaming

• literature
• running
• chess
• reading
• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• rivers

Music, Movies, and Books

That great man Linklater, Afrobeat, Andre Gide, Zola, Tame Impala, Vampire Weekend and the like, Amour, Cache, Agnes Varda

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiking in Seoraksan National Park, South Korea - sweaty but spectacular

What I Can Share with Hosts

Perhaps a game of chess?

The best card game in the world?

If not an open mind.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Hungary, Italy, Serbia, Slovenia, South Korea

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Ghana, United Kingdom