I'm a student/aspiring musician. I lived in London for 18 years and Paris for one year, where I was a volunteer and tumbleweed at Shakespeare and Company bookshop. Last Summer I visited Hungary and Croatia, played at a music festival in Sweden, drank lots of wine by the Seine and played music on the streets with friends. At the moment I spend most of my time in London studying History of Art, travelling intermittently.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To get to know new places and new people at the same time! I love learning about a city from a local perspective, learning about different cultures and people, learning what people have to share and enjoying good conversation.

Interests

Music, art, books, people

• arts
• books
• festivals
• dining
• wine
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• swimming
• history
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, alt-J, Laura Marling, Paul Simon, Townes van Zandt, Jacques Brel, Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Leadbelly, Nick Cave, Wave Pictures

John Berger, Rainer Maria Rilke, Laurie Lee, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Raymond Carver, Kurt Vonnegut, T S Eliot, Hilary Mantel, Thomas Hardy, Matthew Arnold, Lydia Davis, Jeanette Winterson, P G Wodehouse

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swimming with friends in a lake in the middle of the night in Sweden, in a heatwave.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love learning about new cultures and new music, and can teach you some things on guitar in exchange!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Music, how to make a cup of tea the English way, food

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Uganda

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United Kingdom