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Haywards Heath, England, United Kingdom
@fredbarker
Member since 2013
Hi! I'm a final year medical student living in Newcastle. I'm a friendly, outgoing person who loves meeting new people. More than happy to give you some advice about the best places to visit in the city (there are loads!)
Interested in Cycling
Interested in Languages
Fluent in Spanish
Learning French
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
Seems a great way to meet new people and see the world
Music, Movies, and Books
Boards of Canada, Bibio, Four Tet, Radiohead Read loads of different books, big fan of the bigdog dystopians (brave new world, 1984 etc). Also massive on non-fiction and will no doubt go on a rampage begging you to read Oliver Sacks/Sapiens
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Inka trail towards Machu Picchu last summer... unbelievably beautiful walk
Teach, Learn, Share
Can play guitar, piano and bass Like to cook and learn to make new stuff obsessed with practicing espanol
What I Can Share With Hosts
Live with a really nice group of mates in a great city - happy to give advice on places to see/go if you visit here! Love travelling and culture so wherever you're from I'm sure it will be amazing to hear more about it :)
My Interests
Play guitar and bass Love practicing languages - anybody speaking Spanish/French welcome! Massive fan of reading, especially books set in other cultures (wild swans/a fine balance/shantaram/anything by murakami) Just got into scuba diving recently which I absolutely love!!