CURRENT MISSION

Impossible

ABOUT ME

A joint profile for Caroline and Fergal (hence "Cargal"), written by Caroline. We both love travel (who'd have guessed?), nature and wildlife, food, wine, satirical comedy, films, current affairs, and in-depth political discussions with anyone mad enough to engage with a protestant from Northern Ireland and a Catholic from the Republic of Ireland. Both atheists now; very opinionated, but respectful of other people's beliefs, lifestyles and cultures. Most importantly of all, we love a good laugh!

PHILOSOPHY

Live and let live.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We've hosted 29 surfers from the UK, France, America, Canada, Italy, Belgium, Australia, Laos, Hong Kong, Sweden, Norway and Germany. We've yet to surf but are hoping to try it soon!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

99% positive!

Interests

As in the profile plus I'm pretty obsessed with listening to BBC Radio 4/Radio 4 extra which are both talk only radio stations.

• wildlife
• dining
• wine
• movies
• traveling

Music, Movies, and Books

When Fergal and I first met we went into a bookshop and bought a book which we thought the other should read. I bought Dostoyevsky's 'Crime and Punishment', which Fergal found so depressing that he couldn't finish; he bought me a cartoon book called 'Jimmy Corrigan, or, The Smartest Kid on Earth', which I equally struggled with. Saying that, we both love Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas! We both dislike country and western music and love well written/directed films - way too many to list!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Working in Baghdad in 2004. Definitely an experience of a lifetime. For Fergal, well, meeting me obviously!

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm pretty talentless but could teach you how to ice-skate, use an apostrophe, or write your name in Arabic; Fergal could teach you how to talk in a silly Irish accent, or pretty much anything to do with a computer - he often shares that with me; again, and again, and again...

There's so much to learn, but if, on our travels, we could learn just a few sentences of each country's language, that would be an amazing start. Anything on top of that is a bonus.

What I Can Share with Hosts

We haven't yet surfed with anyone but hope we would be respectful guests, keen to learn about other people's cultures and to share our own.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Grenada, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Oman, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Iraq, Ireland, Netherlands, United Kingdom

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