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Overview

  • 2 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German, Portuguese; learning Czech, French, Spanish
  • 29, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • Translation Manager
  • BA German and Portuguese at Bristol University
  • From Bristol, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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About Me

Long-term Lisbon resident and expat, travelling a fair bit. Generally looking to hang out more than host/surf these days but I will always look at requests that aren't obvious copy-pastes 🙂

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'd like to think that, overall, people are welcoming and hospitable and that couchsurfing enables a network of these people all over the world. When I had to move abroad alone as part of my degree, couchsurfing was there for me to meet people. And whenever I travel, I think it's so much better to know wherever you're going, and for me that usually means trying to learn a bit of the language if I don't already, and trying to understand a culture as best I can in the limited time available to me. Couchsurfing is the best way to do that.

Interests

I'm a languages nerd and I love a good night out. I like good films, good food and good music

  • culture
  • cooking
  • vegetarian
  • flying
  • technology
  • traveling
  • music
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

music
I'm learning to DJ very very slowly, I tend to like disco, disco house and 90s dance music the most

movies

Netflix
80s/90s classics
Foreign films and such

books

don't really know where to start with this one so just going to write a few books that come to mind

Donna Tartt - The Secret History
Jeanette Winterson - Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit
Christopher Isherwood - Goodbye To Berlin

Teach, Learn, Share

teach
vegetarian cooking
English, German, Portuguese languages
linguistics
knowledge of cult TV shows

learn
anything!
I really want to learn new languages so a few words are always really fun

share
knowledge, skills, and of course always a small gift from wherever I am before I arrive if I'm surfing

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Vatican City State, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, Germany, Portugal, United Kingdom

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