CURRENT MISSION

Seeing the world capitals...and other places of interest

ABOUT ME

I was on here before, but deleted my original profile for various reasons...but here I am, back for more!

Now living in Madrid!

Well, I'm Chris, 27 from Liverpool, graduate of a music conservatory in Birmingham, England, and currently working as an English as a Foreign Language teacher. I completed my mission of visiting all 50 European countries, finishing with Liechtenstein in April 2013. And incidentally, I visited all the capitals as well (except Ankara, annoyingly!) the next mission? who knows...Africa? South Pacific? we'll see!

My personality? Well...I don't know...an eclectic mix of bits of everything. I'm not going to describe myself as a constantly happy man, but at the same, not going to say I'm a moody bugger 24/7! I'd like to think I can get on with just about everyone and anyone, but that's down to YOUR interpretation ;)

PHILOSOPHY

Rule nothing in or out! ;)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've surfed a lot more than I've hosted (although if you count people I knew from outside Couchsurfing...I've hosted more!), but I tried to do it as much as I possibly could.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've hosted in Birmingham several times:

Marcos + Laura from Porto Alegre, November 2011
Kristoffer from Copenhagen, June 2012
Sergey from Moscow, August 2012
Chris from Cork/West Virgina, March/April 2013
Gavin from Gold Coast, July/August 2013
Sophie from Chester, 2011 - 2014
Ryan from Montreal, January 2014

I've surfed a few more times too:

Maxim in Belarus, January 2013
Sergey in Moscow, January 2013
Vadim in Moscow, January 2013
Anton in Moscow, January 2013 and September 2013
Diogo in Tirana, February 2013
Bojan and Nikola in Belgrade, February 2013
Marta in Larnaca, April 2013
Susann and Jan in Valletta, April 2013
Alejandro in Barcelona, April 2013
Bertrand in Nice, April 2013
Peter in Zurich, April 2013
Julian and Greg in Paris, May 2013
Yuri and Svetlana in Moscow, September 2013
Mark in Moscow, September 2013
Dmitry in Moscow, February 2014
Khoa in San Francisco, February 2014
Brian and Mike in Chicago, February 2014
Sergey and Stas in Almaty, October 2014
Eissa in Cairo, November 2014
Jesus in Bogota, May 2016

I've also met on my travels and in UK:

Andrew in Vilnius, January 2013
Kirill in Paris, May 2013
Marc in Paris, May 2013
Alex in Birmingham, August 2013
Sasha and Igor in Moscow, September 2013
Raphael, Mike, Tanu, Panchali and Vanessa Birmingham, September 2013
Caroline and Malena in Birmingham, September 2013 (albeit we actually studied together before realising we were here!)
Balandino and Daniel in Birmingham, January 2014
Hamoud in Riyadh, July 2014
Aizhan in Bishkek, October 2014
Slava and Evgeny in Moscow, February 2016

Interests

I enjoy:
Languages
Classical music
Architecture
Geography
Biology
Museums
Arts
Scenery
Zoos and aquariums
Being by bodies of water
Visiting new places
Chocolate
Meat based cuisine
Teaching English
And plenty of other things that I can't think about :)

Music, Movies, and Books

My main music interests lie in Classical music and theatre, though I remain open to all ideas in music. Comedy movies are my favourite, and sadly the only books I tend to read are guide books!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbing a glacier in Iceland
Being caught on the BBC News in Birmingham
Seeing the Il Cannone violin in Genoa
Watching the changing of the guard in Moscow
Floating on the Jordanian Dead Sea
Looking down on New York from the Empire State and Rockafella Centre
Marrying my husband in Denmark in August 2015
Celebrating Holi with Mumbai locals
Going to the opera in the Bolshoi Theatre

and many many more

Teach, Learn, Share

1) Use a Cabinmax bag

2) Shop at local supermarkets

3) Make the most of student discounts

For visitors of the UK, I can help out with the dizzying railway and bus systems! I help out even the locals ;)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Spain, United Kingdom