I grew up in a small town in Dorset, England and since I was able to leave home I have loved travelling around the world. I have done various trips over the last 10 years, sometimes backpacking, camping, road tripping and more recently campervanning. All have been awesome and unique. I am now in Chile as my partner has a job here starting in the new year and I am hoping to teach English. We decided to come to the country early so we would have time to start exploring and learning the language. I love languages and to be fluent in Spanish and French are big dreams of mine! I love exploring different cultures and meeting people from all over but now I feel that settling in a new place for few years will be really exciting. Chile seems to be such a great country, the people we have met so far have been so friendly and the landscape is incredible.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm on Couchsurfing as I have stayed in so many hostels over the last few years and although they can be fun and I have made some great friends, they are also quite impersonal. If I visit a country, I like to meet the people that actually live there and share food, stories and wine (of course) from our native countries.

My partner and I are due to leave Valparaiso soon to travel around Chile more and we would love to couch surf with people that live here.

Interests

I love live performance - going to the theatre and seeing live music and dance. Travelling...(of course!) and meeting new people from all over the world and cultures.
Arts n Crafts and being creative. I enjoy making things from scratch, up-cycling old objects into something new. I enjoy sewing and adapting old clothes, I have also recently started learning to do upholstery so I can take old pieces of furniture and give them a new life.
I love languages. Have spent time in France in the past learning French and am now in Valparaiso doing Spanish courses. I have also taught a bit of English in France and Spain and am hoping to do more of this in the future.

• arts
• performing arts
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• vegetarian
• drinking
• crafts
• clothing
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• live music
• cycling
• backpacking
• camping
• skydiving
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Where to start?!
Music - anything from Rock to Classical....At the mo my fav genres are probably: Trip hop, British hip hop, Chill out, Funk n Soul, Folk, Acoustic guitar, Electro swing (the only things I can think that I don't like is really commercial pop and not the biggest fan of country!) Probably top bands are: Bonobo, Caravan Palace, Fink, Fleetwood Mac, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Carole King, Manu Chao, London Grammar, M83....and so many more

Movies - I love international films.
French and Spanish mostly as these are the languages I am learning; Amores Perros, Untouchable, Y tu mama tambien, The secret in their eyes, Tell No One, La Vie en Rose, Dialogue avec mon jardinier, Le papillon
I also enjoy documentary films like Blackfish or Virunga. And of course I like some action films, James Bond and many of the old British/ American classics.

Books - I enjoy both fiction and non-fiction.
Favourite books include: The Kite Runner, Shantaram, currently getting into Isabel Allende

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

A Skydive - the scariest but most exciting thing I have done!

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: I can help people to practice their English if they want.
Learn: Hopefully Spanish!
Share: I like to cook vegetarian meals and share them with others along with a few glasses of wine/beer/pisco sours...

What I Can Share with Hosts

Food, drink, stories, laughs

Countries I’ve Visited

Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Scotland, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

England