I'm an 23 year old languages student, originally from near Manchester in the UK. I love the world, I love new experiences and I am fascinated by different peoples' stories. I want to hear them all. Take a look at what I'm interested in further down my profile and feel free to write to me!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to enjoy great times with people in their countries, whether it be music, cafés, museums, cinema, nature or going out at night. Anything at all :-)

Interests

Obviously languages are my passion, and with that comes an interest in literature, poetry and writing. I read a lot and write a fair amount.

I'm also really interested in stuff like history, anthropology, photography and music. I've been playing electric and acoustic guitar for a few years. I can talk about music forever. I released a rap album in 2019.

• writing
• literature
• poetry
• fashion
• photography
• music
• jazz
• guitar
• blues
• languages
• travelling
• tea
• funk
• disco
• techno
• soul
• house
• tech house
• acid house
• manele

Music, Movies, and Books

Rap, hip-hop, funk, soul, blues, classical, techno, electronic, disco, acoustic, afrobeats, grime, dancehall, reggae, house.

I spend pretty much all of my free time digging for new music :) always sharing it with people, and getting it shared with me. And I love to dance!

10 of my favourite books:
- A Day in the life of Ivan Denisovich (Alexandr Solzhenitsyn)
- Naked Lunch (William Borroughs)
- The Metamorphosis and other stories (Franz Kafka)
- Everything Hemingway
- Man's search for morning (Viktor Frankl)
- Everything Roald Dahl
- Stoner (John Williams)
- The Rubaiyat (Omar Khayyam)
- Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
- The Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy (Douglas Adams)

10 of my favourite films:
- Requiem for a dream
- 2001: A space odyssey
- The Godfather
- Everything Tarantino
- City of God
- American History X
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Taxi Driver
- Interstellar
- The Lives of Others

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I spent my summer 2016 working in a hostel in Vama Veche in Romania, on the Black Sea, playing guitar at bonfires, meeting amazing people everyday and loving my job. It was a really incredible experience.

I also spent a year living in Russia! That was pretty mad. I ended that year by skydiving 4000m.

In 2019 I released a spoken-word/rap album! https://reizen.bandcamp.com/

Teach, Learn, Share

- Languages exchange (English, French, Russian, Romanian)
- Culture exchange (UK, Russia, France)
- Music exchange
- Book exchange
- Good vibes :-)
- Some slavic food
- How to knit and crochet
- How to play pool

What I Can Share with Hosts

Lots of personal and cultural passion and energy, a friendly, interested personality and a willingness to do anything!

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, England, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, France, Romania, Russian Federation, Scotland