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Overview

  • 2 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, German; learning Polish, Spanish
  • 45, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Lawyer, travel writer, photographer
  • University
  • From Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Developing my travel writing and photographic skills while on journeys, and improving my Spanish!

ABOUT ME

I'm an Australian citizen but I have lived in London much of my adult life, and I work there as a lawyer. In my spare time my passions are learning languages (I speak a few already but Spanish is my current project), photography and travel writing, which I enjoy doing whenever I can. I also ski, play tennis and read a lot. Coffee addict.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have in the past hosted and also stayed at other people's places. This has been a great way of meeting people! However, nowadays I'm more on here to meet new people in different places and to get to know their cities.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have hosted in London. Have been hosted in Poland.

Interests

Foreign languages
European cinema (esp. French)
Photography
Travel writing
Skiing
Tennis

  • writing
  • photography
  • coffee
  • movies
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • opera
  • skiing
  • tennis
  • languages
  • law

Music, Movies, and Books

Films: anything by Francois Ozon or Almodovar
Books: L'Etranger (Camus), Ian McEwan, John le Carré,
Music: Coldplay, Rufus Wainwright, Radiohead, Years and Years

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swum in front of the Sydney Opera House!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, France, United Kingdom

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