CURRENT MISSION

curious to see what's over the hill

ABOUT ME

I'm Big Ben. Slow paced in most things I do, open minded to all people and many subjects of conversation, willing to help and learn, have a big appetite and am easily influenced by people.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is just one big learning curve, a curve that never ends

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Always looking forward to my next CS experience. Now I'm hosting, I hope people want to stay with me, so I can repay the hospitality I have received when I have travelled.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

In Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. The experiences become richer and more fulfilling the more I do it. Amazing!!!

Interests

Nature, trees, music, being creative, cider, world and environmental issues, language, sport - golf, conversation, being active, carpentry and woodcrafts, tea and chocolate, listening and learning

• chocolate
• music
• sports
• golf

Music, Movies, and Books

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Waking Ned, Forest Gump, The Shawshank Redemption.

Artic Monkeys, Settlefish, Jimmy Eat World, Nirvana, Led Zepplin, Calexico, Gomez, Arcade Fire, Mumford and Sons, The Tallest Man on Earth, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Two Gallants, Bloc Party, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Woodie Guthrie.

John Steinbeck, Laurie Lee, Dostoyevsky

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The Tāne Mahuta,
Diving at the Great Barrier Reef,
Trekking in the Himalayas

Teach, Learn, Share

I would really just love to be able to speak another langauge well.
I can teach you a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an even smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose. (That's golf!!!)

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, United Kingdom