I like life laid back, but I think I'm fun to hang out with, open-minded and always willing to try something new. I like being around people, books, and insects, I think it's good to always be close to a cup of tea or a glass of something stronger.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

The first time I couchsurfed was around Mozambique and Malawi with Cecily Vincent in the summer of 2011, and I've been hosting and surfing since then.

Interests

I suppose my biggest hobby is languages; learning, not learning but trying, not even trying to learn, everything to do with them. I've started many and mastered none, but I'm hoping to get there with a few of them some day.

• insects
• books
• drinking
• movies
• reading
• music
• surfing
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Films:
2001: A Space Odyssey; The Matrix; The Truman Show; Dogma; The Prestige; Waltz with Bashir; Shutter Island; The Shining; Brazil; The Enigma of Kasper Hauser; if...; The Lives of Others; Full Metal Jacket; The Departed; One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; Shine; In Bruges; Four Lions; The Silence of the Lambs; Battleship Potemkin; Contact; Dr. Strangelove; The Wind that Shakes the Barley; Good Will Hunting;

Music:
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds; Radiohead; Led Zeppelin; Onnik Dinkjian; Eric Clapton; Gil Scott-Heron; Hamlet Gonashvili; Fats Waller; Jacques Brel; Johnny Cash; Abdel Halim Hafez; Umm Kulthum; Lounes Matoub; Roxy Music; Piknik; Fela Kuti; Queens of the Stone Age

Authors;
Terry Pratchett; Jose Saramago; Iain (M.) Banks; George Orwell; Oliver Sacks; Jan Morris

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Malawi, Mozambique, Netherlands, Portugal, Qatar, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United Kingdom, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Egypt, Lebanon, United Kingdom