Glutenfree Vegan

(This means please don’t bring animal based products into my home. This includes meat (including fish, chicken, pig, dog, snake - any flesh from an animal) as well as dairy, cheese and honey) - I don’t mind sharing what I have of course but I’m not running a hostel.

adrenaline sport lover, academic, musician, art collector, I'm 35 with mostly-Christian values although I study religion in general specifically the Tao at the moment and enjoy practicing piano. Sometimes I enjoy playing chess, Go, and scrabble.

To Me Couchsurfing Is About Goodwill Hospitality, and budget travel through the eyes of real people instead of glossy tour magazines.

I am uncertain about my relationship with Couchsurfing due to a variety of factors right now, but have enjoyed many good experiences and I am certainly not staying to prove anything.

I have a busy work life and I’m still getting to grips with keeping a good equilibrium. There are some great youth hostels for cheap like the ymca, yha, st Christopher’s inn, and city centre Bath backpackers . My facilities just aren’t these, nor am I an airb&b.

One of the most wonderful stories that I have heard so far from my guests (other than the game - bluestories) is that of the musician Rodriguez.
If, as I do, you ask guests for their music suggestions then I will tell you of Rodriguez but you can get a head-start by watching the documentary on Netflix - 'searching for sugarman'
Perhaps I will also challenge you to a spoken puzzle or game of scrabble/bananagrams!

2017february-July CSHosting
https://youtu.be/6bB43OBIdko

The video shows my experience as a host (and my guest book). My own first adventure during summer 2017 was to cycle from The Hague to Chartres (via Paris) visiting friends and seeing the sights. I hoped to improve my French, find new friends and eat vegetables. I certainly did all this and more.

I am a simple and uncomplicated individual who loves travel because of the people and culture that I can discover, and I hope that by staying with hosts not hotels I will gain a perspective of the locations I visit other than the government designed tourist package.

By offering a couch to travellers, by the same logic, I hope to hear about the rest of the world.

All I expect on my own CS adventures is a shower, a cup of tea and a safe space to sleep, will have a sleeping bag just in case, will co.ordinate as best I can with hosts to avoid disturbing their routines (departure / arrival / return times), and enjoy helping out however I can.

So this is what I offer to like-minded travellers- food, washing facilities, a safe place to sleep, and good company.
Keys however are not included so sometimes when I go to the gym or leave for work early for example , I will need you to co-ordinate and ensure there aren’t any problems ie departure at the same times, or finding things to do during the evening if I am unavailable (don’t worry I will, of course, not leave anyone locked outside in the cold)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Explore and travel

Interests

Music, classical history, travel, vegan and social activism

• culture
• vegan
• comedy

Music, Movies, and Books

Folk punk, classical, jazz, pop, dnb, trance, dubstep, anything my friends play, good vibes

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Turned water into beer.

Teach, Learn, Share

Roman history, life, poetry, glutenfree & vegan food, how to milk a cashew nut, English, life.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Meditation of Falun gong, piano performance, good honest wild spirit, vegan dinner, light comedy, insightful perspective, a game of chess, and good vibes

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Ecuador, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liberia, Macao, Netherlands, Peru, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ecuador, England, South Africa