CURRENT MISSION

I would like to meet all sorts of people!

ABOUT ME

Sociable, happy, really love my two children. Very interested in people. Nothing I like better than to have a deep conversation over a glass of wine/beer or two or three.

PHILOSOPHY

Love generously. Live in the moment. Resolve conflicts immediately. You only live once so make the most of it but don't sweat it too much!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've hosted some lovely people but have yet to be a surfer myself. As a single person it is nice to stay with people who offer more than just a room for the night, but have the potential to become friends.

Interests

People are my main focus in life. I'm always learning about life and how to make it more interesting and enjoyable. Mostly I am interested in the way our thoughts shape our experience of life and how no matter what our external reality is, it is our internal reality that really matters.

• dogs
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• poker

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:The Poisonwood Bible, Wolf Hall, Room, Ghostwritten, Cloud Atlas, Flash Boys, The Humans, Americanah, Stress Test (Reflections on financial crises), The Moth, H is for Hawk, May we be forgiven, The Second coming (John Niven), Cold Comfort Farm, The Sisters Brothers, Jamrach's Menagerie, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, The Solace of Leaving Early.
Films: The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Moonstruck, Sense & Sensibility. The Incredibles, Dances with Wolves, Into the West, Youth in Revolt, Gladiator, Silence of the Lambs, Chocolat, Parenthood, The Three Amigos, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Shawshank Redemption, Fargo, Se7en, Leon, Room.
Shows:Breaking Bad, Modern Family, House of Cards, Six feet under, ER, The Middle, Blackadder, The Simpsons, Great British Bake off, University Challenge, QI, Nip/Tuck, Better Call Saul, Sopranos, Band of Brothers, Game of Thrones, The Big Bang Theory. Vikings, Narcos, The Wire.
Music: Metallica; Nothing Else Matters, The Orchestral version of Rachmaninoff's prelude in C-Sharp Minor. Wild West Hero (ELO), Maria Callas singing 'O Mama Morta', OK Go, Imagine Dragons 'My Fault', Carmina Burana by Carl Orff. Mozart's Clarinet Concerto. The soundtrack to Gladiator. 'You win again' - the Bee Gees. Love anything with a strong rhythm - drums, trumpets.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've dissected a human body and seen inside a human brain. (I was a medical student)

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach:Poker, cookery, surviving emotional distress, resolving relationship conflicts, dog training.
I enjoy learning new stuff - whatever you would like to teach me!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Happy to cook a meal. Reciprocate if you want to stay with me!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, South Africa