Hi, my name is Alan, I'm 50 years old, and I've just completed my postdoctoral studies in European history at the University of Hradec Králové in the Czech Republic, where I am now employed as a researcher.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I need to travel to Freiburg to the archive there in the first two weeks of January.

Interests

I love music, learning languages (I studied Germanic languages in college), travelling, football, military history, chess.

• books
• chess
• traveling
• music
• soccer
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Rock (The Who)
Seventh Seal
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've travelled to about three quarters of the countries in Europe, mainly for football matches.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love anything got to do with history, languages, and a combination of the two - historical linguistics

What I Can Share with Hosts

Intelligent conversation about everything from current affairs to which is the best opening in chess (to my mind!)

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Belarus, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Sweden, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom