Why I’m on Couchsurfing

The most important thing to me when I'm travelling is to meet local people, which helps both to become immersed in the culture and to learn the language. In hostels you can easily be surrounded by an international community, and it can be easy to go from place to place without ever experiencing it as a local would. I know from experience living in London that meeting people from different cultures can often be so interesting and eye-opening, and Couchsurfing appeals to me for this reason. Let's talk!

Interests

Philosophy, art, music, films, football, literature, psychology, photography, travel.

• arts
• culture
• literature
• photography
• politics
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• soccer
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

I absolutely love all these things so there's far too much to list, but here's a few names to give an impression:

Music: Joanna Newsom, D'Angelo, The Pharcyde, Rustie, Nas, The Avalanches, Boards of Canada, Kendrick Lamar, The Books, Floating Points, Aphex Twin, Shabazz Palaces, Todd Terje, Bjork, The Bug, Portishead, Mbongwana Star

Films: Waltz With Bashir, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Atomic Cafe, Koyaanisqatsi, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, American Beauty, Inside Out, Moonrise Kingdom, Paris, Texas

Books: Vladimir Nabokov, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, Aldous Huxley, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Junot Diaz, Anne Carson, W.H. Auden, John Keats, Gerard Manley Hopkins, John Steinbeck, Arthur Miller, Kurt Vonnegut, E.E. Cummings, Thomas de Quincey, Ralph Ellison

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach English, and recently spent three months doing so in Buenos Aires. I'm also currently teaching myself Spanish, so I'm very keen to learn from speaking it!

What I Can Share with Hosts

As much as you'll let me! I'm incredibly easy going there's nothing I love more than talking to people. I'm very happy to help with English if you need it, and I can talk endlessly about local cultures throughout Europe. I love discussions and debates about the arts, philosophy, psychology, politics etc, and above all of course as a traveller I love to trade and share experiences/opinions on local culture.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, United Kingdom